diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe.h
index f9ec762ac3f0..2af6affc35a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
#include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
#include <net/dcbnl.h>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
index c3a6072134f5..792ba72fb5c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
#include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
/* compilation time flags */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
index 469691ad4a1e..df8bbddaeb37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/clocksource.h>
#include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
#include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
#if defined(CONFIG_M523x) || defined(CONFIG_M527x) || defined(CONFIG_M528x) || \
defined(CONFIG_M520x) || defined(CONFIG_M532x) || \
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
index 7785240a0da1..9416e5a7e0c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
#include <linux/pci-aspm.h>
#include <linux/crc32.h>
#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
#include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
#include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
#include <linux/ptp_classify.h>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
index 82d891e183b1..ee22da391474 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
#include "e1000_mac.h"
#include "e1000_82575.h"
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
#include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
#include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
index b6137be43920..38fc64cf5dca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
#include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
#include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpts.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpts.h
index 1a581ef7eee8..69a46b92c7d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpts.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpts.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
struct cpsw_cpts {
u32 idver; /* Identification and version */
diff --git a/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
index 6d26b40cbf5d..9916d0e4eff5 100644
--- a/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
+++ b/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
#ifndef __CLKSOURCE_ARM_ARCH_TIMER_H
#define __CLKSOURCE_ARM_ARCH_TIMER_H
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#define ARCH_TIMER_CTRL_ENABLE (1 << 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index abcafaa20b86..9c78d15d33e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
#include <asm/div64.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
-/* clocksource cycle base type */
-typedef u64 cycle_t;
struct clocksource;
struct module;
@@ -27,106 +25,6 @@ struct module;
#include <asm/clocksource.h>
#endif
-/**
- * struct cyclecounter - hardware abstraction for a free running counter
- * Provides completely state-free accessors to the underlying hardware.
- * Depending on which hardware it reads, the cycle counter may wrap
- * around quickly. Locking rules (if necessary) have to be defined
- * by the implementor and user of specific instances of this API.
- *
- * @read: returns the current cycle value
- * @mask: bitmask for two's complement
- * subtraction of non 64 bit counters,
- * see CLOCKSOURCE_MASK() helper macro
- * @mult: cycle to nanosecond multiplier
- * @shift: cycle to nanosecond divisor (power of two)
- */
-struct cyclecounter {
- cycle_t (*read)(const struct cyclecounter *cc);
- cycle_t mask;
- u32 mult;
- u32 shift;
-};
-
-/**
- * struct timecounter - layer above a %struct cyclecounter which counts nanoseconds
- * Contains the state needed by timecounter_read() to detect
- * cycle counter wrap around. Initialize with
- * timecounter_init(). Also used to convert cycle counts into the
- * corresponding nanosecond counts with timecounter_cyc2time(). Users
- * of this code are responsible for initializing the underlying
- * cycle counter hardware, locking issues and reading the time
- * more often than the cycle counter wraps around. The nanosecond
- * counter will only wrap around after ~585 years.
- *
- * @cc: the cycle counter used by this instance
- * @cycle_last: most recent cycle counter value seen by
- * timecounter_read()
- * @nsec: continuously increasing count
- */
-struct timecounter {
- const struct cyclecounter *cc;
- cycle_t cycle_last;
- u64 nsec;
-};
-
-/**
- * cyclecounter_cyc2ns - converts cycle counter cycles to nanoseconds
- * @cc: Pointer to cycle counter.
- * @cycles: Cycles
- *
- * XXX - This could use some mult_lxl_ll() asm optimization. Same code
- * as in cyc2ns, but with unsigned result.
- */
-static inline u64 cyclecounter_cyc2ns(const struct cyclecounter *cc,
- cycle_t cycles)
-{
- u64 ret = (u64)cycles;
- ret = (ret * cc->mult) >> cc->shift;
- return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * timecounter_init - initialize a time counter
- * @tc: Pointer to time counter which is to be initialized/reset
- * @cc: A cycle counter, ready to be used.
- * @start_tstamp: Arbitrary initial time stamp.
- *
- * After this call the current cycle register (roughly) corresponds to
- * the initial time stamp. Every call to timecounter_read() increments
- * the time stamp counter by the number of elapsed nanoseconds.
- */
-extern void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc,
- const struct cyclecounter *cc,
- u64 start_tstamp);
-
-/**
- * timecounter_read - return nanoseconds elapsed since timecounter_init()
- * plus the initial time stamp
- * @tc: Pointer to time counter.
- *
- * In other words, keeps track of time since the same epoch as
- * the function which generated the initial time stamp.
- */
-extern u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc);
-
-/**
- * timecounter_cyc2time - convert a cycle counter to same
- * time base as values returned by
- * timecounter_read()
- * @tc: Pointer to time counter.
- * @cycle_tstamp: a value returned by tc->cc->read()
- *
- * Cycle counts that are converted correctly as long as they
- * fall into the interval [-1/2 max cycle count, +1/2 max cycle count],
- * with "max cycle count" == cs->mask+1.
- *
- * This allows conversion of cycle counter values which were generated
- * in the past.
- */
-extern u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc,
- cycle_t cycle_tstamp);
-
/**
* struct clocksource - hardware abstraction for a free running counter
* Provides mostly state-free accessors to the underlying hardware.
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
index 25c791e295fd..f1e41b33462f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
#include <linux/atomic.h>
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
#define MAX_MSIX_P_PORT 17
#define MAX_MSIX 64
diff --git a/include/linux/timecounter.h b/include/linux/timecounter.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..146f07a6651b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/timecounter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+ * linux/include/linux/timecounter.h
+ *
+ * based on code that migrated away from
+ * linux/include/linux/clocksource.h
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+#ifndef _LINUX_TIMECOUNTER_H
+#define _LINUX_TIMECOUNTER_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct cyclecounter - hardware abstraction for a free running counter
+ * Provides completely state-free accessors to the underlying hardware.
+ * Depending on which hardware it reads, the cycle counter may wrap
+ * around quickly. Locking rules (if necessary) have to be defined
+ * by the implementor and user of specific instances of this API.
+ *
+ * @read: returns the current cycle value
+ * @mask: bitmask for two's complement
+ * subtraction of non 64 bit counters,
+ * see CLOCKSOURCE_MASK() helper macro
+ * @mult: cycle to nanosecond multiplier
+ * @shift: cycle to nanosecond divisor (power of two)
+ */
+struct cyclecounter {
+ cycle_t (*read)(const struct cyclecounter *cc);
+ cycle_t mask;
+ u32 mult;
+ u32 shift;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct timecounter - layer above a %struct cyclecounter which counts nanoseconds
+ * Contains the state needed by timecounter_read() to detect
+ * cycle counter wrap around. Initialize with
+ * timecounter_init(). Also used to convert cycle counts into the
+ * corresponding nanosecond counts with timecounter_cyc2time(). Users
+ * of this code are responsible for initializing the underlying
+ * cycle counter hardware, locking issues and reading the time
+ * more often than the cycle counter wraps around. The nanosecond
+ * counter will only wrap around after ~585 years.
+ *
+ * @cc: the cycle counter used by this instance
+ * @cycle_last: most recent cycle counter value seen by
+ * timecounter_read()
+ * @nsec: continuously increasing count
+ */
+struct timecounter {
+ const struct cyclecounter *cc;
+ cycle_t cycle_last;
+ u64 nsec;
+};
+
+/**
+ * cyclecounter_cyc2ns - converts cycle counter cycles to nanoseconds
+ * @cc: Pointer to cycle counter.
+ * @cycles: Cycles
+ *
+ * XXX - This could use some mult_lxl_ll() asm optimization. Same code
+ * as in cyc2ns, but with unsigned result.
+ */
+static inline u64 cyclecounter_cyc2ns(const struct cyclecounter *cc,
+ cycle_t cycles)
+{
+ u64 ret = (u64)cycles;
+ ret = (ret * cc->mult) >> cc->shift;
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * timecounter_init - initialize a time counter
+ * @tc: Pointer to time counter which is to be initialized/reset
+ * @cc: A cycle counter, ready to be used.
+ * @start_tstamp: Arbitrary initial time stamp.
+ *
+ * After this call the current cycle register (roughly) corresponds to
+ * the initial time stamp. Every call to timecounter_read() increments
+ * the time stamp counter by the number of elapsed nanoseconds.
+ */
+extern void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc,
+ const struct cyclecounter *cc,
+ u64 start_tstamp);
+
+/**
+ * timecounter_read - return nanoseconds elapsed since timecounter_init()
+ * plus the initial time stamp
+ * @tc: Pointer to time counter.
+ *
+ * In other words, keeps track of time since the same epoch as
+ * the function which generated the initial time stamp.
+ */
+extern u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc);
+
+/**
+ * timecounter_cyc2time - convert a cycle counter to same
+ * time base as values returned by
+ * timecounter_read()
+ * @tc: Pointer to time counter.
+ * @cycle_tstamp: a value returned by tc->cc->read()
+ *
+ * Cycle counts that are converted correctly as long as they
+ * fall into the interval [-1/2 max cycle count, +1/2 max cycle count],
+ * with "max cycle count" == cs->mask+1.
+ *
+ * This allows conversion of cycle counter values which were generated
+ * in the past.
+ */
+extern u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc,
+ cycle_t cycle_tstamp);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index a0bb7048687f..62323825cff9 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -213,5 +213,8 @@ struct callback_head {
};
#define rcu_head callback_head
+/* clocksource cycle base type */
+typedef u64 cycle_t;
+
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
#endif /* _LINUX_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/kernel/time/Makefile b/kernel/time/Makefile
index f622cf28628a..c09c07817d7a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/time/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
obj-y += time.o timer.o hrtimer.o itimer.o posix-timers.o posix-cpu-timers.o
obj-y += timekeeping.o ntp.o clocksource.o jiffies.o timer_list.o
-obj-y += timeconv.o posix-clock.o alarmtimer.o
+obj-y += timeconv.o timecounter.o posix-clock.o alarmtimer.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BUILD) += clockevents.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS) += tick-common.o
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index b79f39bda7e1..4892352f0e49 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -34,82 +34,6 @@
#include "tick-internal.h"
#include "timekeeping_internal.h"
-void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc,
- const struct cyclecounter *cc,
- u64 start_tstamp)
-{
- tc->cc = cc;
- tc->cycle_last = cc->read(cc);
- tc->nsec = start_tstamp;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_init);
-
-/**
- * timecounter_read_delta - get nanoseconds since last call of this function
- * @tc: Pointer to time counter
- *
- * When the underlying cycle counter runs over, this will be handled
- * correctly as long as it does not run over more than once between
- * calls.
- *
- * The first call to this function for a new time counter initializes
- * the time tracking and returns an undefined result.
- */
-static u64 timecounter_read_delta(struct timecounter *tc)
-{
- cycle_t cycle_now, cycle_delta;
- u64 ns_offset;
-
- /* read cycle counter: */
- cycle_now = tc->cc->read(tc->cc);
-
- /* calculate the delta since the last timecounter_read_delta(): */
- cycle_delta = (cycle_now - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
-
- /* convert to nanoseconds: */
- ns_offset = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta);
-
- /* update time stamp of timecounter_read_delta() call: */
- tc->cycle_last = cycle_now;
-
- return ns_offset;
-}
-
-u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc)
-{
- u64 nsec;
-
- /* increment time by nanoseconds since last call */
- nsec = timecounter_read_delta(tc);
- nsec += tc->nsec;
- tc->nsec = nsec;
-
- return nsec;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_read);
-
-u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc,
- cycle_t cycle_tstamp)
-{
- u64 cycle_delta = (cycle_tstamp - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
- u64 nsec;
-
- /*
- * Instead of always treating cycle_tstamp as more recent
- * than tc->cycle_last, detect when it is too far in the
- * future and treat it as old time stamp instead.
- */
- if (cycle_delta > tc->cc->mask / 2) {
- cycle_delta = (tc->cycle_last - cycle_tstamp) & tc->cc->mask;
- nsec = tc->nsec - cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta);
- } else {
- nsec = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta) + tc->nsec;
- }
-
- return nsec;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_cyc2time);
-
/**
* clocks_calc_mult_shift - calculate mult/shift factors for scaled math of clocks
* @mult: pointer to mult variable
diff --git a/kernel/time/timecounter.c b/kernel/time/timecounter.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59a1ec3a57cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/time/timecounter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * linux/kernel/time/timecounter.c
+ *
+ * based on code that migrated away from
+ * linux/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
+
+void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc,
+ const struct cyclecounter *cc,
+ u64 start_tstamp)
+{
+ tc->cc = cc;
+ tc->cycle_last = cc->read(cc);
+ tc->nsec = start_tstamp;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_init);
+
+/**
+ * timecounter_read_delta - get nanoseconds since last call of this function
+ * @tc: Pointer to time counter
+ *
+ * When the underlying cycle counter runs over, this will be handled
+ * correctly as long as it does not run over more than once between
+ * calls.
+ *
+ * The first call to this function for a new time counter initializes
+ * the time tracking and returns an undefined result.
+ */
+static u64 timecounter_read_delta(struct timecounter *tc)
+{
+ cycle_t cycle_now, cycle_delta;
+ u64 ns_offset;
+
+ /* read cycle counter: */
+ cycle_now = tc->cc->read(tc->cc);
+
+ /* calculate the delta since the last timecounter_read_delta(): */
+ cycle_delta = (cycle_now - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
+
+ /* convert to nanoseconds: */
+ ns_offset = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta);
+
+ /* update time stamp of timecounter_read_delta() call: */
+ tc->cycle_last = cycle_now;
+
+ return ns_offset;
+}
+
+u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc)
+{
+ u64 nsec;
+
+ /* increment time by nanoseconds since last call */
+ nsec = timecounter_read_delta(tc);
+ nsec += tc->nsec;
+ tc->nsec = nsec;
+
+ return nsec;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_read);
+
+u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc,
+ cycle_t cycle_tstamp)
+{
+ u64 cycle_delta = (cycle_tstamp - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask;
+ u64 nsec;
+
+ /*
+ * Instead of always treating cycle_tstamp as more recent
+ * than tc->cycle_last, detect when it is too far in the
+ * future and treat it as old time stamp instead.
+ */
+ if (cycle_delta > tc->cc->mask / 2) {
+ cycle_delta = (tc->cycle_last - cycle_tstamp) & tc->cc->mask;
+ nsec = tc->nsec - cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta);
+ } else {
+ nsec = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta) + tc->nsec;
+ }
+
+ return nsec;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_cyc2time);
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_priv.h b/sound/pci/hda/hda_priv.h
index 166e3e84b963..daf458299753 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_priv.h
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_priv.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
#ifndef __SOUND_HDA_PRIV_H
#define __SOUND_HDA_PRIV_H
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/timecounter.h>
#include <sound/core.h>
#include <sound/pcm.h>