x86 time: Read platform time before locally-extrapolated time during

calibration and frequency changes. This places the variable delay
(acquiring the platform_timer_lock) safely as the very first thing we
do, avoiding a variable delay /between/ computing the two timestamps.

Problem diagnosed by Dave Winchell <dwinchell@virtualiron.com>

Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com>
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Keir Fraser committed 2008-05-01 09:45:44 +01:00
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@@ -759,12 +759,13 @@ int cpu_frequency_change(u64 freq)
}
local_irq_disable();
rdtscll(curr_tsc);
t->local_tsc_stamp = curr_tsc;
/* Platform time /first/, as we may be delayed by platform_timer_lock. */
t->stime_master_stamp = read_platform_stime();
/* TSC-extrapolated time may be bogus after frequency change. */
/*t->stime_local_stamp = get_s_time();*/
t->stime_local_stamp = t->stime_master_stamp;
rdtscll(curr_tsc);
t->local_tsc_stamp = curr_tsc;
set_time_scale(&t->tsc_scale, freq);
local_irq_enable();
@@ -834,11 +835,14 @@ static void local_time_calibration(void *unused)
prev_local_stime = t->stime_local_stamp;
prev_master_stime = t->stime_master_stamp;
/* Disable IRQs to get 'instantaneous' current timestamps. */
/*
* Disable IRQs to get 'instantaneous' current timestamps. We read platform
* time first, as we may be delayed when acquiring platform_timer_lock.
*/
local_irq_disable();
rdtscll(curr_tsc);
curr_local_stime = get_s_time();
curr_master_stime = read_platform_stime();
curr_local_stime = get_s_time();
rdtscll(curr_tsc);
local_irq_enable();
#if 0
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