timecounter: keep track of accumulated fractional nanoseconds
authorRichard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:47:06 +0000 (19:47 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:29:27 +0000 (18:29 -0500)
The current timecounter implementation will drop a variable amount
of resolution, depending on the magnitude of the time delta. In
other words, reading the clock too often or too close to a time
stamp conversion will introduce errors into the time values. This
patch fixes the issue by introducing a fractional nanosecond field
that accumulates the low order bits.

Reported-by: Janusz Użycki <j.uzycki@elproma.com.pl>
Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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