Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  Documentation: Add timers/timers-howto.txt
  timer: Added usleep_range timer
  Revert "timer: Added usleep[_range] timer"
  clockevents: Remove the per cpu tick skew
  posix_timer: Move copy_to_user(created_timer_id) down in timer_create()
  timer: Added usleep[_range] timer
  timers: Document meaning of deferrable timer
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Linus Torvalds 2010-08-06 13:12:36 -07:00
commit af39008435
5 changed files with 141 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -90,8 +90,13 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tvec_base *, tvec_bases) = &boot_tvec_bases;
/*
* Note that all tvec_bases are 2 byte aligned and lower bit of
* base in timer_list is guaranteed to be zero. Use the LSB for
* the new flag to indicate whether the timer is deferrable
* base in timer_list is guaranteed to be zero. Use the LSB to
* indicate whether the timer is deferrable.
*
* A deferrable timer will work normally when the system is busy, but
* will not cause a CPU to come out of idle just to service it; instead,
* the timer will be serviced when the CPU eventually wakes up with a
* subsequent non-deferrable timer.
*/
#define TBASE_DEFERRABLE_FLAG (0x1)
@ -1758,3 +1763,25 @@ unsigned long msleep_interruptible(unsigned int msecs)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(msleep_interruptible);
static int __sched do_usleep_range(unsigned long min, unsigned long max)
{
ktime_t kmin;
unsigned long delta;
kmin = ktime_set(0, min * NSEC_PER_USEC);
delta = (max - min) * NSEC_PER_USEC;
return schedule_hrtimeout_range(&kmin, delta, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
}
/**
* usleep_range - Drop in replacement for udelay where wakeup is flexible
* @min: Minimum time in usecs to sleep
* @max: Maximum time in usecs to sleep
*/
void usleep_range(unsigned long min, unsigned long max)
{
__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
do_usleep_range(min, max);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(usleep_range);