time: remove the timecompare code.

This patch removes the timecompare code from the kernel. The top five
reasons to do this are:

1. There are no more users of this code.
2.

time: remove the timecompare code.

This patch removes the timecompare code from the kernel. The top five
reasons to do this are:

1. There are no more users of this code.
2. The original idea was a bit weak.
3. The original author has disappeared.
4. The code was not general purpose but tuned to a particular hardware,
5. There are better ways to accomplish clock synchronization.

Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Acked-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Bob Liu <lliubbo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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timers: Introduce in-kernel alarm-timer interface

This provides the in kernel interface and infrastructure for
alarm-timers.

Alarm-timers are a hybrid style timer, similar to hr

timers: Introduce in-kernel alarm-timer interface

This provides the in kernel interface and infrastructure for
alarm-timers.

Alarm-timers are a hybrid style timer, similar to hrtimers,
but when the system is suspended, the RTC device is set to
fire and wake the system for when the soonest alarm-timer
expires.

The concept for Alarm-timers was inspired by the Android Alarm
driver (by Arve Hjønnevåg) found in the Android kernel tree.

See: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/common.git;a=blob;f=drivers/rtc/alarm.c;h=1250edfbdf3302f5e4ea6194847c6ef4bb7beb1c;hb=android-2.6.36

This in-kernel interface should be fairly compatible with the
Android alarm driver in-kernel interface, but has the advantage
of utilizing the new RTC timerqueue code instead of doing direct
RTC manipulation.

CC: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>

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posix clocks: Introduce dynamic clocks

This patch adds support for adding and removing posix clocks. The
clock lifetime cycle is patterned after usb devices. Each clock is
represente

posix clocks: Introduce dynamic clocks

This patch adds support for adding and removing posix clocks. The
clock lifetime cycle is patterned after usb devices. Each clock is
represented by a standard character device. In addition, the driver
may optionally implement custom character device operations.

The posix clock and timer system calls listed below now work with
dynamic posix clocks, as well as the traditional static clocks.
The following system calls are affected:

- clock_adjtime (brand new syscall)
- clock_gettime
- clock_getres
- clock_settime
- timer_create
- timer_delete
- timer_gettime
- timer_settime

[ tglx: Adapted to the posix-timer cleanup. Moved clock_posix_dynamic
to posix-clock.c and made all referenced functions static ]

Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@omicron.at>
Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20110201134420.164172635@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

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time: add function to convert between calendar time and broken-down time for universal use

There are many similar code in kernel for one object: convert time between
calendar time and br

time: add function to convert between calendar time and broken-down time for universal use

There are many similar code in kernel for one object: convert time between
calendar time and broken-down time.

Here is some source I found:
fs/ncpfs/dir.c
fs/smbfs/proc.c
fs/fat/misc.c
fs/udf/udftime.c
fs/cifs/netmisc.c
net/netfilter/xt_time.c
drivers/scsi/ips.c
drivers/input/misc/hp_sdc_rtc.c
drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c
arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/fw-emu.c
arch/m68k/mac/misc.c
arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
arch/parisc/include/asm/rtc.h
...

We can make a common function for this type of conversion, At least we
can get following benefit:

1: Make kernel simple and unify
2: Easy to fix bug in converting code
3: Reduce clone of code in future
For example, I'm trying to make ftrace display walltime,
this patch will make me easy.

This code is based on code from glibc-2.6

Signed-off-by: Zhao Lei <zhaolei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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timecompare: generic infrastructure to map between two time bases

Mapping from a struct timecounter to a time returned by functions like
ktime_get_real() is implemented. This is sufficie

timecompare: generic infrastructure to map between two time bases

Mapping from a struct timecounter to a time returned by functions like
ktime_get_real() is implemented. This is sufficient to use this code
in a network device driver which wants to support hardware time
stamping and transformation of hardware time stamps to system time.

The interface could have been made more versatile by not depending on
a time counter, but this wasn't done to avoid writing glue code
elsewhere.

The method implemented here is the one used and analyzed under the name
"assisted PTP" in the LCI PTP paper:
http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/conferences/archive/2008/PDF/Ohly_92221.pdf

Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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clockevents: Allow build w/o run-tine usage for migration purposes

Migration aid to allow preparatory patches which introduce not yet
used parts of clock events code.

Signed-off

clockevents: Allow build w/o run-tine usage for migration purposes

Migration aid to allow preparatory patches which introduce not yet
used parts of clock events code.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>

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Move timekeeping code to timekeeping.c

Move the timekeeping code out of kernel/timer.c and into
kernel/time/timekeeping.c. I made no cleanups or other changes in transit.

[akpm

Move timekeeping code to timekeeping.c

Move the timekeeping code out of kernel/timer.c and into
kernel/time/timekeeping.c. I made no cleanups or other changes in transit.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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[PATCH] Add debugging feature /proc/timer_list

add /proc/timer_list, which prints all currently pending (high-res) timers,
all clock-event sources and their parameters in a human-readabl

[PATCH] Add debugging feature /proc/timer_list

add /proc/timer_list, which prints all currently pending (high-res) timers,
all clock-event sources and their parameters in a human-readable form.

Sample output:

Timer List Version: v0.1
HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: 2
now at 4246046273872 nsecs

cpu: 0
clock 0:
.index: 0
.resolution: 1 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get_real
.offset: 1273998312645738432 nsecs
active timers:
clock 1:
.index: 1
.resolution: 1 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get
.offset: 0 nsecs
active timers:
#0: <f5a90ec8>, hrtimer_sched_tick, hrtimer_stop_sched_tick, swapper/0
# expires at 4246432689566 nsecs [in 386415694 nsecs]
#1: <f5a90ec8>, hrtimer_wakeup, do_nanosleep, pcscd/2050
# expires at 4247018194689 nsecs [in 971920817 nsecs]
#2: <f5a90ec8>, hrtimer_wakeup, do_nanosleep, irqbalance/1909
# expires at 4247351358392 nsecs [in 1305084520 nsecs]
#3: <f5a90ec8>, hrtimer_wakeup, do_nanosleep, crond/2157
# expires at 4249097614968 nsecs [in 3051341096 nsecs]
#4: <f5a90ec8>, it_real_fn, do_setitimer, syslogd/1888
# expires at 4251329900926 nsecs [in 5283627054 nsecs]
.expires_next : 4246432689566 nsecs
.hres_active : 1
.check_clocks : 0
.nr_events : 31306
.idle_tick : 4246020791890 nsecs
.tick_stopped : 1
.idle_jiffies : 986504
.idle_calls : 40700
.idle_sleeps : 36014
.idle_entrytime : 4246019418883 nsecs
.idle_sleeptime : 4178181972709 nsecs

cpu: 1
clock 0:
.index: 0
.resolution: 1 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get_real
.offset: 1273998312645738432 nsecs
active timers:
clock 1:
.index: 1
.resolution: 1 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get
.offset: 0 nsecs
active timers:
#0: <f5a90ec8>, hrtimer_sched_tick, hrtimer_restart_sched_tick, swapper/0
# expires at 4246050084568 nsecs [in 3810696 nsecs]
#1: <f5a90ec8>, hrtimer_wakeup, do_nanosleep, atd/2227
# expires at 4261010635003 nsecs [in 14964361131 nsecs]
#2: <f5a90ec8>, hrtimer_wakeup, do_nanosleep, smartd/2332
# expires at 5469485798970 nsecs [in 1223439525098 nsecs]
.expires_next : 4246050084568 nsecs
.hres_active : 1
.check_clocks : 0
.nr_events : 24043
.idle_tick : 4246046084568 nsecs
.tick_stopped : 0
.idle_jiffies : 986510
.idle_calls : 26360
.idle_sleeps : 22551
.idle_entrytime : 4246043874339 nsecs
.idle_sleeptime : 4170763761184 nsecs

tick_broadcast_mask: 00000003
event_broadcast_mask: 00000001

CPU#0's local event device:

Clock Event Device: lapic
capabilities: 0000000e
max_delta_ns: 807385544
min_delta_ns: 1443
mult: 44624025
shift: 32
set_next_event: lapic_next_event
set_mode: lapic_timer_setup
event_handler: hrtimer_interrupt
.installed: 1
.expires: 4246432689566 nsecs

CPU#1's local event device:

Clock Event Device: lapic
capabilities: 0000000e
max_delta_ns: 807385544
min_delta_ns: 1443
mult: 44624025
shift: 32
set_next_event: lapic_next_event
set_mode: lapic_timer_setup
event_handler: hrtimer_interrupt
.installed: 1
.expires: 4246050084568 nsecs

Clock Event Device: hpet
capabilities: 00000007
max_delta_ns: 2147483647
min_delta_ns: 3352
mult: 61496110
shift: 32
set_next_event: hpet_next_event
set_mode: hpet_set_mode
event_handler: handle_nextevt_broadcast

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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[PATCH] Add debugging feature /proc/timer_stat

Add /proc/timer_stats support: debugging feature to profile timer expiration.
Both the starting site, process/PID and the expiration functi

[PATCH] Add debugging feature /proc/timer_stat

Add /proc/timer_stats support: debugging feature to profile timer expiration.
Both the starting site, process/PID and the expiration function is captured.
This allows the quick identification of timer event sources in a system.

Sample output:

# echo 1 > /proc/timer_stats
# cat /proc/timer_stats
Timer Stats Version: v0.1
Sample period: 4.010 s
24, 0 swapper hrtimer_stop_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick)
11, 0 swapper sk_reset_timer (tcp_delack_timer)
6, 0 swapper hrtimer_stop_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick)
2, 1 swapper queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn)
17, 0 swapper hrtimer_restart_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick)
2, 1 swapper queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn)
4, 2050 pcscd do_nanosleep (hrtimer_wakeup)
5, 4179 sshd sk_reset_timer (tcp_write_timer)
4, 2248 yum-updatesd schedule_timeout (process_timeout)
18, 0 swapper hrtimer_restart_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick)
3, 0 swapper sk_reset_timer (tcp_delack_timer)
1, 1 swapper neigh_table_init_no_netlink (neigh_periodic_timer)
2, 1 swapper e1000_up (e1000_watchdog)
1, 1 init schedule_timeout (process_timeout)
100 total events, 25.24 events/sec

[ cleanups and hrtimers support from Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> ]
[bunk@stusta.de: nr_entries can become static]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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[PATCH] tick-management: dyntick / highres functionality

With Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Add functions to provide dynamic ticks and high resolution timers. The code
which keep

[PATCH] tick-management: dyntick / highres functionality

With Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Add functions to provide dynamic ticks and high resolution timers. The code
which keeps track of jiffies and handles the long idle periods is shared
between tick based and high resolution timer based dynticks. The dyntick
functionality can be disabled on the kernel commandline. Provide also the
infrastructure to support high resolution timers.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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[PATCH] tick-management: broadcast functionality

With Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Add broadcast functionality, so per cpu clock event devices can be registered
as dummy devices

[PATCH] tick-management: broadcast functionality

With Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Add broadcast functionality, so per cpu clock event devices can be registered
as dummy devices or switched from/to broadcast on demand. The broadcast
function distributes the events via the broadcast function of the clock event
device. This is primarily designed to replace the switch apic timer to / from
IPI in power states, where the apic stops.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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[PATCH] tick-management: core functionality

With Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

The tick-management code is the first user of the clockevents layer. It takes
clock event devices f

[PATCH] tick-management: core functionality

With Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

The tick-management code is the first user of the clockevents layer. It takes
clock event devices from the clock events core and uses them to provide the
periodic tick.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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[PATCH] clockevents: add core functionality

Architectures register their clock event devices, in the clock events core.
Users of the clockevents core can get clock event devices for thei

[PATCH] clockevents: add core functionality

Architectures register their clock event devices, in the clock events core.
Users of the clockevents core can get clock event devices for their use. The
clockevents core code provides notification mechanisms for various clock
related management events.

This allows to control the clock event devices without the architectures
having to worry about the details of function assignment. This is also a
preliminary for high resolution timers and dynamic ticks to allow the core
code to control the clock functionality without intrusive changes to the
architecture code.

[Fixes-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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[PATCH] NTP: Move all the NTP related code to ntp.c

Move all the NTP related code to ntp.c

[akpm@osdl.org: cleanups, build fix]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>

[PATCH] NTP: Move all the NTP related code to ntp.c

Move all the NTP related code to ntp.c

[akpm@osdl.org: cleanups, build fix]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

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[PATCH] Time: Clocksource Infrastructure

This introduces the clocksource management infrastructure. A clocksource is a
driver-like architecture generic abstraction of a free-running cou

[PATCH] Time: Clocksource Infrastructure

This introduces the clocksource management infrastructure. A clocksource is a
driver-like architecture generic abstraction of a free-running counter. This
code defines the clocksource structure, and provides management code for
registering, selecting, accessing and scaling clocksources.

Additionally, this includes the trivial jiffies clocksource, a lowest common
denominator clocksource, provided mainly for use as an example.

[hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp: Don't enable IRQ too early]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

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