[PATCH] HZ free ntp

Distangle the NTP update from HZ.  This is necessary for dynamic tick enabled
kernels.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/timex.h b/include/linux/timex.h
index 9a24e500c311..da929dbbea2a 100644
--- a/include/linux/timex.h
+++ b/include/linux/timex.h
@@ -286,6 +286,13 @@ static inline void time_interpolator_update(long delta_nsec)
 
 #define TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT       32
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#define NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ  (2)
+#else
+#define NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ  (HZ)
+#endif
+#define NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH (NSEC_PER_SEC/NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ)
+
 /* Returns how long ticks are at present, in ns / 2^(SHIFT_SCALE-10). */
 extern u64 current_tick_length(void);