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/***********************************************************************
* linux/kernel/time/jiffies.c
*
* This file contains the jiffies based clocksource.
*
* Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 IBM, John Stultz (johnstul@us.ibm.com)
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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*
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*
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************************************************************************/
#include <linux/clocksource.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <linux/init.h>

/* The Jiffies based clocksource is the lowest common
 * denominator clock source which should function on
 * all systems. It has the same coarse resolution as
 * the timer interrupt frequency HZ and it suffers
 * inaccuracies caused by missed or lost timer
 * interrupts and the inability for the timer
 * interrupt hardware to accuratly tick at the
 * requested HZ value. It is also not reccomended
 * for "tick-less" systems.
 */
#define NSEC_PER_JIFFY	((u32)((((u64)NSEC_PER_SEC)<<8)/ACTHZ))

/* Since jiffies uses a simple NSEC_PER_JIFFY multiplier
 * conversion, the .shift value could be zero. However
 * this would make NTP adjustments impossible as they are
 * in units of 1/2^.shift. Thus we use JIFFIES_SHIFT to
 * shift both the nominator and denominator the same
 * amount, and give ntp adjustments in units of 1/2^8
 *
 * The value 8 is somewhat carefully chosen, as anything
 * larger can result in overflows. NSEC_PER_JIFFY grows as
 * HZ shrinks, so values greater then 8 overflow 32bits when
 * HZ=100.
 */
#define JIFFIES_SHIFT	8

static cycle_t jiffies_read(void)
{
	return (cycle_t) jiffies;
}

struct clocksource clocksource_jiffies = {
	.name		= "jiffies",
	.rating		= 1, /* lowest valid rating*/
	.read		= jiffies_read,
	.mask		= 0xffffffff, /*32bits*/
	.mult		= NSEC_PER_JIFFY << JIFFIES_SHIFT, /* details above */
	.shift		= JIFFIES_SHIFT,
};

static int __init init_jiffies_clocksource(void)
{
	return clocksource_register(&clocksource_jiffies);
}

module_init(init_jiffies_clocksource);