1 /***********************************************************************
2 * linux/kernel/time/jiffies.c
4 * This file contains the jiffies based clocksource.
6 * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 IBM, John Stultz (johnstul@us.ibm.com)
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22 ************************************************************************/
23 #include <linux/clocksource.h>
24 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
25 #include <linux/init.h>
27 /* The Jiffies based clocksource is the lowest common
28 * denominator clock source which should function on
29 * all systems. It has the same coarse resolution as
30 * the timer interrupt frequency HZ and it suffers
31 * inaccuracies caused by missed or lost timer
32 * interrupts and the inability for the timer
33 * interrupt hardware to accuratly tick at the
34 * requested HZ value. It is also not reccomended
35 * for "tick-less" systems.
37 #define NSEC_PER_JIFFY ((u32)((((u64)NSEC_PER_SEC)<<8)/ACTHZ))
39 /* Since jiffies uses a simple NSEC_PER_JIFFY multiplier
40 * conversion, the .shift value could be zero. However
41 * this would make NTP adjustments impossible as they are
42 * in units of 1/2^.shift. Thus we use JIFFIES_SHIFT to
43 * shift both the nominator and denominator the same
44 * amount, and give ntp adjustments in units of 1/2^8
46 * The value 8 is somewhat carefully chosen, as anything
47 * larger can result in overflows. NSEC_PER_JIFFY grows as
48 * HZ shrinks, so values greater then 8 overflow 32bits when
51 #define JIFFIES_SHIFT 8
53 static cycle_t jiffies_read(void)
55 return (cycle_t) jiffies;
58 struct clocksource clocksource_jiffies = {
60 .rating = 1, /* lowest valid rating*/
62 .mask = 0xffffffff, /*32bits*/
63 .mult = NSEC_PER_JIFFY << JIFFIES_SHIFT, /* details above */
64 .mult_orig = NSEC_PER_JIFFY << JIFFIES_SHIFT,
65 .shift = JIFFIES_SHIFT,
68 static int __init init_jiffies_clocksource(void)
70 return clocksource_register(&clocksource_jiffies);
73 core_initcall(init_jiffies_clocksource);