On 08/27, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:50:23 -0700 Stephen Boyd <sb...@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>
> > On 08/27/13 16:52, a...@linux-foundation.org wrote:
> > > * kernel-time-sched_clockc-correct-the-comparison-parameter-of-mhz.patch
> > >
> >
> > I believe Russell nacked this change[1]? This should probably be dropped
> > unless there's been more discussion. Or maybe reworked into a comment in
> > the code that doesn't lead to the same change again.
> >
> > [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/7/95
>
> Well OK, but the code looks totally wrong. Care to send a comment patch
> so the next confused person doesn't "fix" it?
Sure, how about this?
---8<----
From: Stephen Boyd <sb...@codeaurora.org>
Subject: [PATCH] sched_clock: Document 4Mhz vs 1Mhz decision
Bo Shen sent a patch to change this to 1Mhz instead of 4Mhz but
according to Russell King the use of 4Mhz was intentional. Add a
comment to this effect so that others don't try to change the
code as well.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sb...@codeaurora.org>
---
kernel/time/sched_clock.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
index a326f27..1e9e298 100644
--- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ void __init setup_sched_clock(u32 (*read)(void), int bits,
unsigned long rate)
clocks_calc_mult_shift(&cd.mult, &cd.shift, rate, NSEC_PER_SEC, 0);
r = rate;
+ /*
+ * Use 4MHz instead of 1MHz so that things like 1.832Mhz show as
+ * 1832Khz
+ */
if (r >= 4000000) {
r /= 1000000;
r_unit = 'M';
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