[PATCH 14/23] clocksource: increase initcall priority

From: Daniel Walker
Date: Tue Jan 30 2007 - 22:49:56 EST



Normal systems often have almost everything registered in
device_initcall() . Most drivers are registered there, and usually if
people add code that needs an initcall they will either use
device_initcall() or module_init() which both result in the same
initcall..

When John created the clocksource interface he did what most people
would do , and he made the clocksource registration happen in
device_initcall with most everything else .. The effect of doing this
was the addition of the following code,

/* clocksource_done_booting - Called near the end of bootup
*
* Hack to avoid lots of clocksource churn at boot time
*/
static int __init clocksource_done_booting(void)
{
finished_booting = 1;
return 0;
}

late_initcall(clocksource_done_booting);

This is one of two initcalls in the clocksource interface , the other
one is device_initcall(init_clocksource_sysfs); ..

If I leave the clocksource initcall alone then anything that uses a
clocksource in the future would need at least one late_initcall().
Since the clocksources aren't all fully register until after
device_initcall.

The reason behind changing that is because it doesn't fit the usually
development flow of initialization functions which , as I said earlier,
almost always end up into device_initcall .

This change certainly isn't mandatory . I feel it would reduce the
likely hood of developers that use the clocksource interface from adding
multiple initcalls (one late_initcall, and one device_initcall). It also
better fits developers tendencies to put almost everything into
device_initcall() ..

In addition,

This patch removes a small amount of code in time keeping which existed to
detect the end of the initcall sequence then selected a clock.

As a note, arm and mips both register their clocksources during time_init()
instead of using initcalls.

Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c | 2 +-
arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c | 2 +-
arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c | 2 +-
arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c | 2 +-
arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c | 3 +--
drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c | 8 +++++++-
drivers/clocksource/cyclone.c | 2 +-
drivers/clocksource/scx200_hrt.c | 2 +-
include/linux/clocksource.h | 6 ++++++
kernel/time/clocksource.c | 13 -------------
kernel/time/jiffies.c | 2 +-
kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 8 ++++++++
kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 15 +++++++--------
13 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.19/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static int __init init_hpet_clocksource(
return clocksource_register(&clocksource_hpet);
}

-module_init(init_hpet_clocksource);
+clocksource_initcall(init_hpet_clocksource);

#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC

Index: linux-2.6.19/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c
@@ -195,4 +195,4 @@ static int __init init_pit_clocksource(v
clocksource_pit.mult = clocksource_hz2mult(CLOCK_TICK_RATE, 20);
return clocksource_register(&clocksource_pit);
}
-module_init(init_pit_clocksource);
+clocksource_initcall(init_pit_clocksource);
Index: linux-2.6.19/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -458,4 +458,4 @@ static int __init init_tsc_clocksource(v
return 0;
}

-module_init(init_tsc_clocksource);
+clocksource_initcall(init_tsc_clocksource);
Index: linux-2.6.19/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -508,4 +508,4 @@ static int __init init_hpet_clocksource(
return clocksource_register(&clocksource_hpet);
}

-module_init(init_hpet_clocksource);
+clocksource_initcall(init_hpet_clocksource);
Index: linux-2.6.19/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -224,5 +224,4 @@ static int __init init_tsc_clocksource(v
}
return 0;
}
-
-module_init(init_tsc_clocksource);
+clocksource_initcall(init_tsc_clocksource);
Index: linux-2.6.19/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
@@ -214,4 +214,10 @@ pm_good:
return clocksource_register(&clocksource_acpi_pm);
}

-module_init(init_acpi_pm_clocksource);
+/*
+ * This clocksource is removed from the clocksource_initcall
+ * macro since it's mandatory for it to be in fs_initcall as the
+ * highest initcall level, or else it doesn't work properly with
+ * it's PCI fix ups.
+ */
+fs_initcall(init_acpi_pm_clocksource);
Index: linux-2.6.19/drivers/clocksource/cyclone.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/drivers/clocksource/cyclone.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/drivers/clocksource/cyclone.c
@@ -116,4 +116,4 @@ static int __init init_cyclone_clocksour
return clocksource_register(&clocksource_cyclone);
}

-module_init(init_cyclone_clocksource);
+clocksource_initcall(init_cyclone_clocksource);
Index: linux-2.6.19/drivers/clocksource/scx200_hrt.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/drivers/clocksource/scx200_hrt.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/drivers/clocksource/scx200_hrt.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int __init init_hrt_clocksource(v
return clocksource_register(&cs_hrt);
}

-module_init(init_hrt_clocksource);
+clocksource_initcall(init_hrt_clocksource);

MODULE_AUTHOR("Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("clocksource on SCx200 HiRes Timer");
Index: linux-2.6.19/include/linux/clocksource.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ linux-2.6.19/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ extern struct atomic_notifier_head clock
#define CLOCKSOURCE_NOTIFY_RATING 2
#define CLOCKSOURCE_NOTIFY_FREQ 4

+/*
+ * Defined so the initcall can be changes without touching
+ * every clocksource in the system.
+ */
+#define clocksource_initcall(x) fs_initcall(x)
+
/**
* clocksource_notifier_register - Registers a list change notifier
* @nb: pointer to a notifier block
Index: linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/clocksource.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -38,22 +38,9 @@
*/
static LIST_HEAD(clocksource_list);
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(clocksource_lock);
-static int finished_booting;

ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(clocksource_list_notifier);

-/* clocksource_done_booting - Called near the end of bootup
- *
- * Hack to avoid lots of clocksource churn at boot time
- */
-static int __init clocksource_done_booting(void)
-{
- finished_booting = 1;
- return 0;
-}
-
-late_initcall(clocksource_done_booting);
-
/**
* __is_registered - Returns a clocksource if it's registered
* @name: name of the clocksource to return
Index: linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/jiffies.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/kernel/time/jiffies.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/jiffies.c
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ static int __init init_jiffies_clocksour
return clocksource_register(&clocksource_jiffies);
}

-module_init(init_jiffies_clocksource);
+clocksource_initcall(init_jiffies_clocksource);
Index: linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -540,6 +540,14 @@ int tick_check_oneshot_change(int allow_
{
struct tick_sched *ts = &__get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_sched);

+ /*
+ * HRT or Dynamic tick can't be started during init, but it's possible
+ * for generic time to switch to a good clock during init. So
+ * explicitly check that we are't still booting here.
+ */
+ if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)
+ return 0;
+
if (!test_and_clear_bit(0, &ts->check_clocks))
return 0;

Index: linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -318,14 +318,6 @@ static __init int timekeeping_init_sysfs
device_initcall(timekeeping_init_sysfs);
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */

-static int __init timekeeping_early_clockswitch(void)
-{
- atomic_inc(&clock_check);
- return 0;
-}
-
-late_initcall(timekeeping_early_clockswitch);
-
/**
* boot_override_clocksource - boot clock override
* @str: override name
@@ -471,6 +463,13 @@ static int __init timekeeping_init_devic
if (!error)
error = sysdev_register(&device_timer);

+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
+ /*
+ * Now we signal to switch to a high-res clock.
+ */
+ atomic_inc(&clock_check);
+#endif
+
return error;
}


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