[GIT pull] timer updates for 2.6.37

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Thu Oct 21 2010 - 10:20:46 EST


Linus,

Please pull the latest timers-for-linus git tree from:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git timers-for-linus

Thanks,

tglx

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Miroslav Lichvar (1):
ntp: Clamp PLL update interval


kernel/time/ntp.c | 14 +++++++++++---
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index c631168..d232189 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -149,10 +149,18 @@ static void ntp_update_offset(long offset)
time_reftime = get_seconds();

offset64 = offset;
- freq_adj = (offset64 * secs) <<
- (NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - 2 * (SHIFT_PLL + 2 + time_constant));
+ freq_adj = ntp_update_offset_fll(offset64, secs);

- freq_adj += ntp_update_offset_fll(offset64, secs);
+ /*
+ * Clamp update interval to reduce PLL gain with low
+ * sampling rate (e.g. intermittent network connection)
+ * to avoid instability.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(secs > 1 << (SHIFT_PLL + 1 + time_constant)))
+ secs = 1 << (SHIFT_PLL + 1 + time_constant);
+
+ freq_adj += (offset64 * secs) <<
+ (NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - 2 * (SHIFT_PLL + 2 + time_constant));

freq_adj = min(freq_adj + time_freq, MAXFREQ_SCALED);

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