45 files changed, 161 insertions, 259 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 1571c0c83dba..cd648dbb5146 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -549,16 +549,6 @@ Who:	Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
 
 ----------------------------
 
-What:   xtime, wall_to_monotonic
-When:   2.6.36+
-Files:  kernel/time/timekeeping.c include/linux/time.h
-Why:    Cleaning up timekeeping internal values. Please use
-        existing timekeeping accessor functions to access
-        the equivalent functionality.
-Who:    John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
-
-----------------------------
-
 What:   KVM kernel-allocated memory slots
 When:   July 2010
 Why:    Since 2.6.25, kvm supports user-allocated memory slots, which are
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2b2407d9a6d0..8abdfd7cb571 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ parameter is applicable:
         MTD     MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled.
         NET     Appropriate network support is enabled.
         NUMA    NUMA support is enabled.
-        GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled.
         NFS     Appropriate NFS support is enabled.
         OSS     OSS sound support is enabled.
         PV_OPS  A paravirtualized kernel is enabled.
@@ -468,7 +467,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
                         Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
 
-        clocksource=    [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
+        clocksource=    Override the default clocksource
                         Format: <string>
                         Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
                         with the name specified.
diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 3e2e540a0f2a..b9647bb66d13 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
         bool
         default y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        bool
-        default y
-
 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 98922f7d2d12..655b4ae76314 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ config SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION
 config GENERIC_GPIO
         bool
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        bool
-        default y
-
 config ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
         bool
         default n
diff --git a/arch/avr32/Kconfig b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
index f2b319333184..f51572772e21 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ config GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
         def_bool y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
index f66294b4f9d2..c88fd3584122 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
@@ -614,9 +614,6 @@ comment "Kernel Timer/Scheduler"
 
 source kernel/Kconfig.hz
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
         bool "Generic clock events"
         default y
diff --git a/arch/cris/Kconfig b/arch/cris/Kconfig
index e25bf4440b51..887ef855be2a 100644
--- a/arch/cris/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/Kconfig
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
 config RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
         bool
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig b/arch/frv/Kconfig
index 4b5830bcbe2e..16399bd24993 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ config GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO__DO_IRQ
         bool
         default y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        bool
-        default y
-
 config TIME_LOW_RES
         bool
         default y
diff --git a/arch/h8300/Kconfig b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
index 53cc669e6d59..988b6ff34cc4 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
         bool
         default y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        bool
-        default y
-
 config GENERIC_BUG
         bool
         depends on BUG
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 95610820041e..8711d13cd79f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
         bool
         default y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        bool
-        default y
-
 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
         bool
         default y
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
index 653b3c46ea82..ed6f22eb5b12 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
 {
 }
 
-void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct clocksource *c, u32 mult)
+void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct timespec *wtm,
+                        struct clocksource *c, u32 mult)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -487,9 +488,9 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct clocksource *c, u32 mult)
         /* copy kernel time structures */
         fsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time.tv_sec = wall->tv_sec;
         fsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time.tv_nsec = wall->tv_nsec;
-        fsyscall_gtod_data.monotonic_time.tv_sec = wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec
+        fsyscall_gtod_data.monotonic_time.tv_sec = wtm->tv_sec
                                                         + wall->tv_sec;
-        fsyscall_gtod_data.monotonic_time.tv_nsec = wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec
+        fsyscall_gtod_data.monotonic_time.tv_nsec = wtm->tv_nsec
                                                         + wall->tv_nsec;
 
         /* normalize */
diff --git a/arch/m32r/Kconfig b/arch/m32r/Kconfig
index 3a9319f93e89..836abbbc9c04 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m32r/Kconfig
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ config HZ
         int
         default 100
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index 2e3737b92ffc..8030e2481d97 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ config HZ
         int
         default 100
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
index efeb6033fc17..2609c394e1df 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
         bool
         default y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        bool
-        default y
-
 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
         bool
         default y
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
index 505a08592423..14f03cea94a1 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ config GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
         def_bool y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
         def_bool n
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index cdaae942623d..01c44cbdf163 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -733,10 +733,6 @@ config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
         bool
         default y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        bool
-        default y
-
 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
         bool
         default y
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
index 1c4565a9102b..444b9f918fdf 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ config GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT
 config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
         def_bool y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config GENERIC_BUG
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 05a366a5c4d5..907417d187e1 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
         bool
         default y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        bool
-        default y
-
 config TIME_LOW_RES
         bool
         depends on SMP
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 2031a2846865..25e6bf457457 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ config MMU
 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
         def_bool y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index ccb8759c8532..ce53dfa7130d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -796,10 +796,30 @@ static cycle_t timebase_read(struct clocksource *cs)
         return (cycle_t)get_tb();
 }
 
-static inline void update_gtod(u64 new_tb_stamp, u64 new_stamp_xsec,
-                               u64 new_tb_to_xs, struct timespec *now,
-                               u32 frac_sec)
+void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct timespec *wtm,
+                        struct clocksource *clock, u32 mult)
 {
+        u64 new_tb_to_xs, new_stamp_xsec;
+        u32 frac_sec;
+
+        if (clock != &clocksource_timebase)
+                return;
+
+        /* Make userspace gettimeofday spin until we're done. */
+        ++vdso_data->tb_update_count;
+        smp_mb();
+
+        /* XXX this assumes clock->shift == 22 */
+        /* 4611686018 ~= 2^(20+64-22) / 1e9 */
+        new_tb_to_xs = (u64) mult * 4611686018ULL;
+        new_stamp_xsec = (u64) wall_time->tv_nsec * XSEC_PER_SEC;
+        do_div(new_stamp_xsec, 1000000000);
+        new_stamp_xsec += (u64) wall_time->tv_sec * XSEC_PER_SEC;
+
+        BUG_ON(wall_time->tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC);
+        /* this is tv_nsec / 1e9 as a 0.32 fraction */
+        frac_sec = ((u64) wall_time->tv_nsec * 18446744073ULL) >> 32;
+
         /*
          * tb_update_count is used to allow the userspace gettimeofday code
          * to assure itself that it sees a consistent view of the tb_to_xs and
@@ -811,43 +831,17 @@ static inline void update_gtod(u64 new_tb_stamp, u64 new_stamp_xsec,
          * We expect the caller to have done the first increment of
          * vdso_data->tb_update_count already.
          */
-        vdso_data->tb_orig_stamp = new_tb_stamp;
+        vdso_data->tb_orig_stamp = clock->cycle_last;
         vdso_data->stamp_xsec = new_stamp_xsec;
         vdso_data->tb_to_xs = new_tb_to_xs;
-        vdso_data->wtom_clock_sec = wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec;
-        vdso_data->wtom_clock_nsec = wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec;
-        vdso_data->stamp_xtime = *now;
+        vdso_data->wtom_clock_sec = wtm->tv_sec;
+        vdso_data->wtom_clock_nsec = wtm->tv_nsec;
+        vdso_data->stamp_xtime = *wall_time;
         vdso_data->stamp_sec_fraction = frac_sec;
         smp_wmb();
         ++(vdso_data->tb_update_count);
 }
 
-void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock,
-                     u32 mult)
-{
-        u64 t2x, stamp_xsec;
-        u32 frac_sec;
-
-        if (clock != &clocksource_timebase)
-                return;
-
-        /* Make userspace gettimeofday spin until we're done. */
-        ++vdso_data->tb_update_count;
-        smp_mb();
-
-        /* XXX this assumes clock->shift == 22 */
-        /* 4611686018 ~= 2^(20+64-22) / 1e9 */
-        t2x = (u64) mult * 4611686018ULL;
-        stamp_xsec = (u64) wall_time->tv_nsec * XSEC_PER_SEC;
-        do_div(stamp_xsec, 1000000000);
-        stamp_xsec += (u64) wall_time->tv_sec * XSEC_PER_SEC;
-
-        BUG_ON(wall_time->tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC);
-        /* this is tv_nsec / 1e9 as a 0.32 fraction */
-        frac_sec = ((u64) wall_time->tv_nsec * 18446744073ULL) >> 32;
-        update_gtod(clock->cycle_last, stamp_xsec, t2x, wall_time, frac_sec);
-}
-
 void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
 {
         /* Make userspace gettimeofday spin until we're done. */
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index bee1c0f794cf..f0777a47e3a5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ config ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64
 config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
         def_bool y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
index a2163c95eb98..aeb30c6f279c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ struct clocksource * __init clocksource_default_clock(void)
         return &clocksource_tod;
 }
 
-void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock,
-                     u32 mult)
+void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct timespec *wtm,
+                        struct clocksource *clock, u32 mult)
 {
         if (clock != &clocksource_tod)
                 return;
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock,
         vdso_data->xtime_tod_stamp = clock->cycle_last;
         vdso_data->xtime_clock_sec = wall_time->tv_sec;
         vdso_data->xtime_clock_nsec = wall_time->tv_nsec;
-        vdso_data->wtom_clock_sec = wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec;
-        vdso_data->wtom_clock_nsec = wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec;
+        vdso_data->wtom_clock_sec = wtm->tv_sec;
+        vdso_data->wtom_clock_nsec = wtm->tv_nsec;
         vdso_data->ntp_mult = mult;
         smp_wmb();
         ++vdso_data->tb_update_count;
diff --git a/arch/score/Kconfig b/arch/score/Kconfig
index 55d413e6dcf2..be4a15584751 100644
--- a/arch/score/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/score/Kconfig
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
         def_bool y
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config SCHED_NO_NO_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 82868fee21fd..33990fa95af0 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
 config GENERIC_IOMAP
         bool
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index c0015db247ba..1cd0d9d3c761 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ config BITS
         default 32 if SPARC32
         default 64 if SPARC64
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
         bool
         default y if SPARC32
diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig.common b/arch/um/Kconfig.common
index 0d207e73a758..7c8e277f6d34 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig.common
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig.common
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ config GENERIC_BUG
         default y
         depends on BUG
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        bool
-        default y
-
 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
         bool
         default y
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/time.c b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
index c8b9c469fcd7..2b8b262e5c23 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
@@ -102,16 +102,17 @@ static void __init setup_itimer(void)
         clockevents_register_device(&itimer_clockevent);
 }
 
+void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
+{
+        nsecs = os_nsecs();
+        set_normalized_timespec(ts, nsecs / NSEC_PER_SEC,
+                                nsecs % NSEC_PER_SEC);
+}
+
 void __init time_init(void)
 {
         long long nsecs;
 
         timer_init();
-
-        nsecs = os_nsecs();
-        set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic, -nsecs / NSEC_PER_SEC,
-                                -nsecs % NSEC_PER_SEC);
-        set_normalized_timespec(&xtime, nsecs / NSEC_PER_SEC,
-                                nsecs % NSEC_PER_SEC);
         late_time_init = setup_itimer;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index dcb0593b4a66..546b610ad71c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
         default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32
         default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" if X86_64
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
         def_bool y
 
@@ -2046,7 +2043,7 @@ config SCx200
 
 config SCx200HR_TIMER
         tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support"
-        depends on SCx200 && GENERIC_TIME
+        depends on SCx200
         default y
         ---help---
           This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index ba390d731175..33dbcc4ec5ff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <asm/hpet.h>
 
 #define HPET_MASK                       CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32)
-#define HPET_SHIFT                      22
 
 /* FSEC = 10^-15
    NSEC = 10^-9 */
@@ -787,7 +786,6 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_hpet = {
         .rating         = 250,
         .read           = read_hpet,
         .mask           = HPET_MASK,
-        .shift          = HPET_SHIFT,
         .flags          = CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
         .resume         = hpet_resume_counter,
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
@@ -798,6 +796,7 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_hpet = {
 static int hpet_clocksource_register(void)
 {
         u64 start, now;
+        u64 hpet_freq;
         cycle_t t1;
 
         /* Start the counter */
@@ -832,9 +831,15 @@ static int hpet_clocksource_register(void)
          *  mult = (hpet_period * 2^shift)/10^6
          *  mult = (hpet_period << shift)/FSEC_PER_NSEC
          */
-        clocksource_hpet.mult = div_sc(hpet_period, FSEC_PER_NSEC, HPET_SHIFT);
 
-        clocksource_register(&clocksource_hpet);
+        /* Need to convert hpet_period (fsec/cyc) to cyc/sec:
+         *
+         * cyc/sec = FSEC_PER_SEC/hpet_period(fsec/cyc)
+         * cyc/sec = (FSEC_PER_NSEC * NSEC_PER_SEC)/hpet_period
+         */
+        hpet_freq = FSEC_PER_NSEC * NSEC_PER_SEC;
+        do_div(hpet_freq, hpet_period);
+        clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_hpet, (u32)hpet_freq);
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 9faf91ae1841..ce8e50239332 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -751,7 +751,6 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_tsc = {
         .read                   = read_tsc,
         .resume                 = resume_tsc,
         .mask                   = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
-        .shift                  = 22,
         .flags                  = CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS |
                                   CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY,
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
@@ -845,8 +844,6 @@ __cpuinit int unsynchronized_tsc(void)
 
 static void __init init_tsc_clocksource(void)
 {
-        clocksource_tsc.mult = clocksource_khz2mult(tsc_khz,
-                        clocksource_tsc.shift);
         if (tsc_clocksource_reliable)
                 clocksource_tsc.flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY;
         /* lower the rating if we already know its unstable: */
@@ -854,7 +851,7 @@ static void __init init_tsc_clocksource(void)
                 clocksource_tsc.rating = 0;
                 clocksource_tsc.flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS;
         }
-        clocksource_register(&clocksource_tsc);
+        clocksource_register_khz(&clocksource_tsc, tsc_khz);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 1c0c6ab9c60f..dcbb28c4b694 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
         write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
 }
 
-void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock,
-                     u32 mult)
+void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct timespec *wtm,
+                        struct clocksource *clock, u32 mult)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock,
         vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.shift = clock->shift;
         vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_sec = wall_time->tv_sec;
         vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_nsec = wall_time->tv_nsec;
-        vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_to_monotonic = wall_to_monotonic;
+        vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_to_monotonic = *wtm;
         vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_coarse = __current_kernel_time();
         write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
 }
@@ -169,13 +169,18 @@ int __vsyscall(0) vgettimeofday(struct timeval * tv, struct timezone * tz)
  * unlikely */
 time_t __vsyscall(1) vtime(time_t *t)
 {
-        struct timeval tv;
+        unsigned seq;
         time_t result;
         if (unlikely(!__vsyscall_gtod_data.sysctl_enabled))
                 return time_syscall(t);
 
-        vgettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-        result = tv.tv_sec;
+        do {
+                seq = read_seqbegin(&__vsyscall_gtod_data.lock);
+
+                result = __vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_sec;
+
+        } while (read_seqretry(&__vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, seq));
+
         if (t)
                 *t = result;
         return result;
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index ebe228d02b08..0859bfd8ae93 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ config HZ
         int
         default 100
 
-config GENERIC_TIME
-        def_bool y
-
 source "init/Kconfig"
 source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
 
diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
index 91874e048552..ae473445ad6d 100644
--- a/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/Makefile
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ obj-y				+= firmware/
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO)            += crypto/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SUPERH)            += sh/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SHMOBILE)     += sh/
-obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME)      += clocksource/
+ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
+obj-y                           += clocksource/
+endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE)        += dma/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DCA)               += dca/
 obj-$(CONFIG_HID)               += hid/
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
index 446aced33aff..b76848c80be3 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void power_saving_mwait_init(void)
         power_saving_mwait_eax = (highest_cstate << MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE) |
                 (highest_subcstate - 1);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME) && defined(CONFIG_X86)
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86)
         switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
         case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
         case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index e9a8026d39f0..294e10b5480a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int acpi_processor_resume(struct acpi_device * device)
         return 0;
 }
 
-#if defined (CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME) && defined (CONFIG_X86)
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86)
 static void tsc_check_state(int state)
 {
         switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c b/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
index 72a633a6ec98..cfb0f5278415 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_acpi_pm = {
         .rating         = 200,
         .read           = acpi_pm_read,
         .mask           = (cycle_t)ACPI_PM_MASK,
-        .mult           = 0, /*to be calculated*/
-        .shift          = 22,
         .flags          = CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
-
 };
 
 
@@ -190,9 +187,6 @@ static int __init init_acpi_pm_clocksource(void)
         if (!pmtmr_ioport)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        clocksource_acpi_pm.mult = clocksource_hz2mult(PMTMR_TICKS_PER_SEC,
-                                                clocksource_acpi_pm.shift);
-
         /* "verify" this timing source: */
         for (j = 0; j < ACPI_PM_MONOTONICITY_CHECKS; j++) {
                 udelay(100 * j);
@@ -220,7 +214,8 @@ static int __init init_acpi_pm_clocksource(void)
         if (verify_pmtmr_rate() != 0)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        return clocksource_register(&clocksource_acpi_pm);
+        return clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_acpi_pm,
+                                                PMTMR_TICKS_PER_SEC);
 }
 
 /* We use fs_initcall because we want the PCI fixups to have run
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index 26386a92f5aa..5b9ba4834ce1 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ config ATMEL_TCLIB
 
 config ATMEL_TCB_CLKSRC
         bool "TC Block Clocksource"
-        depends on ATMEL_TCLIB && GENERIC_TIME
+        depends on ATMEL_TCLIB
         default y
         help
           Select this to get a high precision clocksource based on a
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ config CS5535_MFGPT_DEFAULT_IRQ
 
 config CS5535_CLOCK_EVENT_SRC
         tristate "CS5535/CS5536 high-res timer (MFGPT) events"
-        depends on GENERIC_TIME && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS && CS5535_MFGPT
+        depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS && CS5535_MFGPT
         help
           This driver provides a clock event source based on the MFGPT
           timer(s) in the CS5535 and CS5536 companion chips.
diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index 5ea3c60c160c..c37b21ad5a3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ clocks_calc_mult_shift(u32 *mult, u32 *shift, u32 from, u32 to, u32 minsec);
  */
 extern int
 __clocksource_register_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq);
+extern void
+__clocksource_updatefreq_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq);
 
 static inline int clocksource_register_hz(struct clocksource *cs, u32 hz)
 {
@@ -303,6 +305,15 @@ static inline int clocksource_register_khz(struct clocksource *cs, u32 khz)
         return __clocksource_register_scale(cs, 1000, khz);
 }
 
+static inline void __clocksource_updatefreq_hz(struct clocksource *cs, u32 hz)
+{
+        __clocksource_updatefreq_scale(cs, 1, hz);
+}
+
+static inline void __clocksource_updatefreq_khz(struct clocksource *cs, u32 khz)
+{
+        __clocksource_updatefreq_scale(cs, 1000, khz);
+}
 
 static inline void
 clocksource_calc_mult_shift(struct clocksource *cs, u32 freq, u32 minsec)
@@ -313,11 +324,13 @@ clocksource_calc_mult_shift(struct clocksource *cs, u32 freq, u32 minsec)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 extern void
-update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct clocksource *c, u32 mult);
+update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct timespec *wtm,
+                        struct clocksource *c, u32 mult);
 extern void update_vsyscall_tz(void);
 #else
 static inline void
-update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct clocksource *c, u32 mult)
+update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct timespec *wtm,
+                        struct clocksource *c, u32 mult)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index ea3559f0b3f2..cb34e35fabac 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -76,9 +76,25 @@ extern unsigned long mktime(const unsigned int year, const unsigned int mon,
                             const unsigned int min, const unsigned int sec);
 
 extern void set_normalized_timespec(struct timespec *ts, time_t sec, s64 nsec);
+
+/*
+ * timespec_add_safe assumes both values are positive and checks
+ * for overflow. It will return TIME_T_MAX if the reutrn would be
+ * smaller then either of the arguments.
+ */
 extern struct timespec timespec_add_safe(const struct timespec lhs,
                                          const struct timespec rhs);
 
+
+static inline struct timespec timespec_add(struct timespec lhs,
+                                                struct timespec rhs)
+{
+        struct timespec ts_delta;
+        set_normalized_timespec(&ts_delta, lhs.tv_sec + rhs.tv_sec,
+                                lhs.tv_nsec + rhs.tv_nsec);
+        return ts_delta;
+}
+
 /*
  * sub = lhs - rhs, in normalized form
  */
@@ -97,8 +113,6 @@ static inline struct timespec timespec_sub(struct timespec lhs,
 #define timespec_valid(ts) \
         (((ts)->tv_sec >= 0) && (((unsigned long) (ts)->tv_nsec) < NSEC_PER_SEC))
 
-extern struct timespec xtime;
-extern struct timespec wall_to_monotonic;
 extern seqlock_t xtime_lock;
 
 extern void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts);
@@ -110,7 +124,8 @@ extern int timekeeping_suspended;
 
 unsigned long get_seconds(void);
 struct timespec current_kernel_time(void);
-struct timespec __current_kernel_time(void); /* does not hold xtime_lock */
+struct timespec __current_kernel_time(void); /* does not take xtime_lock */
+struct timespec __get_wall_to_monotonic(void); /* does not take xtime_lock */
 struct timespec get_monotonic_coarse(void);
 
 #define CURRENT_TIME            (current_kernel_time())
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 5c69e996bd0f..809f48c70553 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static void hrtimer_get_softirq_time(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *base)
         do {
                 seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
                 xts = __current_kernel_time();
-                tom = wall_to_monotonic;
+                tom = __get_wall_to_monotonic();
         } while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
 
         xtim = timespec_to_ktime(xts);
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static int hrtimer_reprogram(struct hrtimer *timer,
 static void retrigger_next_event(void *arg)
 {
         struct hrtimer_cpu_base *base;
-        struct timespec realtime_offset;
+        struct timespec realtime_offset, wtm;
         unsigned long seq;
 
         if (!hrtimer_hres_active())
@@ -620,10 +620,9 @@ static void retrigger_next_event(void *arg)
 
         do {
                 seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
-                set_normalized_timespec(&realtime_offset,
-                                        -wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec,
-                                        -wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec);
+                wtm = __get_wall_to_monotonic();
         } while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
+        set_normalized_timespec(&realtime_offset, -wtm.tv_sec, -wtm.tv_nsec);
 
         base = &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases);
 
diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 848b1c2ab09a..ba9b338d1835 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -300,22 +300,6 @@ struct timespec timespec_trunc(struct timespec t, unsigned gran)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(timespec_trunc);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
-/*
- * Simulate gettimeofday using do_gettimeofday which only allows a timeval
- * and therefore only yields usec accuracy
- */
-void getnstimeofday(struct timespec *tv)
-{
-        struct timeval x;
-
-        do_gettimeofday(&x);
-        tv->tv_sec = x.tv_sec;
-        tv->tv_nsec = x.tv_usec * NSEC_PER_USEC;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(getnstimeofday);
-#endif
-
 /* Converts Gregorian date to seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00.
  * Assumes input in normal date format, i.e. 1980-12-31 23:59:59
  * => year=1980, mon=12, day=31, hour=23, min=59, sec=59.
diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
index 95ed42951e0a..f06a8a365648 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config TICK_ONESHOT
 
 config NO_HZ
         bool "Tickless System (Dynamic Ticks)"
-        depends on GENERIC_TIME && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+        depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
         select TICK_ONESHOT
         help
           This option enables a tickless system: timer interrupts will
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ config NO_HZ
 
 config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
         bool "High Resolution Timer Support"
-        depends on GENERIC_TIME && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+        depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
         select TICK_ONESHOT
         help
           This option enables high resolution timer support. If your
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index f08e99c1d561..c18d7efa1b4b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static u64 clocksource_max_deferment(struct clocksource *cs)
         return max_nsecs - (max_nsecs >> 5);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
 
 /**
  * clocksource_select - Select the best clocksource available
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static void clocksource_select(void)
         }
 }
 
-#else /* CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME */
+#else /* !CONFIG_ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET */
 
 static inline void clocksource_select(void) { }
 
@@ -639,19 +639,18 @@ static void clocksource_enqueue(struct clocksource *cs)
 #define MAX_UPDATE_LENGTH 5 /* Seconds */
 
 /**
- * __clocksource_register_scale - Used to install new clocksources
+ * __clocksource_updatefreq_scale - Used update clocksource with new freq
  * @t:          clocksource to be registered
  * @scale:      Scale factor multiplied against freq to get clocksource hz
  * @freq:       clocksource frequency (cycles per second) divided by scale
  *
- * Returns -EBUSY if registration fails, zero otherwise.
+ * This should only be called from the clocksource->enable() method.
  *
  * This *SHOULD NOT* be called directly! Please use the
- * clocksource_register_hz() or clocksource_register_khz helper functions.
+ * clocksource_updatefreq_hz() or clocksource_updatefreq_khz helper functions.
  */
-int __clocksource_register_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq)
+void __clocksource_updatefreq_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq)
 {
-
         /*
          * Ideally we want to use  some of the limits used in
          * clocksource_max_deferment, to provide a more informed
@@ -662,7 +661,27 @@ int __clocksource_register_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq)
                                       NSEC_PER_SEC/scale,
                                       MAX_UPDATE_LENGTH*scale);
         cs->max_idle_ns = clocksource_max_deferment(cs);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__clocksource_updatefreq_scale);
+
+/**
+ * __clocksource_register_scale - Used to install new clocksources
+ * @t:          clocksource to be registered
+ * @scale:      Scale factor multiplied against freq to get clocksource hz
+ * @freq:       clocksource frequency (cycles per second) divided by scale
+ *
+ * Returns -EBUSY if registration fails, zero otherwise.
+ *
+ * This *SHOULD NOT* be called directly! Please use the
+ * clocksource_register_hz() or clocksource_register_khz helper functions.
+ */
+int __clocksource_register_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq)
+{
+
+        /* Intialize mult/shift and max_idle_ns */
+        __clocksource_updatefreq_scale(cs, scale, freq);
 
+        /* Add clocksource to the clcoksource list */
         mutex_lock(&clocksource_mutex);
         clocksource_enqueue(cs);
         clocksource_select();
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index caf8d4d4f5c8..e14c839e9faa 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(xtime_lock);
  * - wall_to_monotonic is no longer the boot time, getboottime must be
  * used instead.
  */
-struct timespec xtime __attribute__ ((aligned (16)));
-struct timespec wall_to_monotonic __attribute__ ((aligned (16)));
+static struct timespec xtime __attribute__ ((aligned (16)));
+static struct timespec wall_to_monotonic __attribute__ ((aligned (16)));
 static struct timespec total_sleep_time;
 
 /*
@@ -170,11 +170,10 @@ void timekeeping_leap_insert(int leapsecond)
 {
         xtime.tv_sec += leapsecond;
         wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec -= leapsecond;
-        update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock, timekeeper.mult);
+        update_vsyscall(&xtime, &wall_to_monotonic, timekeeper.clock,
+                        timekeeper.mult);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
-
 /**
  * timekeeping_forward_now - update clock to the current time
  *
@@ -328,7 +327,8 @@ int do_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv)
         timekeeper.ntp_error = 0;
         ntp_clear();
 
-        update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock, timekeeper.mult);
+        update_vsyscall(&xtime, &wall_to_monotonic, timekeeper.clock,
+                                timekeeper.mult);
 
         write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
 
@@ -376,52 +376,6 @@ void timekeeping_notify(struct clocksource *clock)
         tick_clock_notify();
 }
 
-#else /* GENERIC_TIME */
-
-static inline void timekeeping_forward_now(void) { }
-
-/**
- * ktime_get - get the monotonic time in ktime_t format
- *
- * returns the time in ktime_t format
- */
-ktime_t ktime_get(void)
-{
-        struct timespec now;
-
-        ktime_get_ts(&now);
-
-        return timespec_to_ktime(now);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ktime_get);
-
-/**
- * ktime_get_ts - get the monotonic clock in timespec format
- * @ts:         pointer to timespec variable
- *
- * The function calculates the monotonic clock from the realtime
- * clock and the wall_to_monotonic offset and stores the result
- * in normalized timespec format in the variable pointed to by @ts.
- */
-void ktime_get_ts(struct timespec *ts)
-{
-        struct timespec tomono;
-        unsigned long seq;
-
-        do {
-                seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
-                getnstimeofday(ts);
-                tomono = wall_to_monotonic;
-
-        } while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
-
-        set_normalized_timespec(ts, ts->tv_sec + tomono.tv_sec,
-                                ts->tv_nsec + tomono.tv_nsec);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ktime_get_ts);
-
-#endif /* !GENERIC_TIME */
-
 /**
  * ktime_get_real - get the real (wall-) time in ktime_t format
  *
@@ -579,9 +533,9 @@ static int timekeeping_resume(struct sys_device *dev)
 
         if (timespec_compare(&ts, &timekeeping_suspend_time) > 0) {
                 ts = timespec_sub(ts, timekeeping_suspend_time);
-                xtime = timespec_add_safe(xtime, ts);
+                xtime = timespec_add(xtime, ts);
                 wall_to_monotonic = timespec_sub(wall_to_monotonic, ts);
-                total_sleep_time = timespec_add_safe(total_sleep_time, ts);
+                total_sleep_time = timespec_add(total_sleep_time, ts);
         }
         /* re-base the last cycle value */
         timekeeper.clock->cycle_last = timekeeper.clock->read(timekeeper.clock);
@@ -784,10 +738,11 @@ void update_wall_time(void)
                 return;
 
         clock = timekeeper.clock;
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
-        offset = (clock->read(clock) - clock->cycle_last) & clock->mask;
-#else
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
         offset = timekeeper.cycle_interval;
+#else
+        offset = (clock->read(clock) - clock->cycle_last) & clock->mask;
 #endif
         timekeeper.xtime_nsec = (s64)xtime.tv_nsec << timekeeper.shift;
 
@@ -856,7 +811,8 @@ void update_wall_time(void)
         }
 
         /* check to see if there is a new clocksource to use */
-        update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock, timekeeper.mult);
+        update_vsyscall(&xtime, &wall_to_monotonic, timekeeper.clock,
+                                timekeeper.mult);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -887,7 +843,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(getboottime);
  */
 void monotonic_to_bootbased(struct timespec *ts)
 {
-        *ts = timespec_add_safe(*ts, total_sleep_time);
+        *ts = timespec_add(*ts, total_sleep_time);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(monotonic_to_bootbased);
 
@@ -902,6 +858,11 @@ struct timespec __current_kernel_time(void)
         return xtime;
 }
 
+struct timespec __get_wall_to_monotonic(void)
+{
+        return wall_to_monotonic;
+}
+
 struct timespec current_kernel_time(void)
 {
         struct timespec now;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 8b1797c4545b..7531ddaf3afe 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ config IRQSOFF_TRACER
         bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
         default n
         depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
-        depends on GENERIC_TIME
+        depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
         select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
         select GENERIC_TRACER
         select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ config IRQSOFF_TRACER
 config PREEMPT_TRACER
         bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
         default n
-        depends on GENERIC_TIME
+        depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
         depends on PREEMPT
         select GENERIC_TRACER
         select TRACER_MAX_TRACE