[PATCH] clocksource: replace is_continuous by a flag field

Using a flag filed allows to encode more than one information into a variable.
Preparatory patch for the generic clocksource verification.

[[e-mail]: convert vmitime.c to the new clocksource flag]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[e-mail]>
Cc: john stultz <[e-mail]>
Cc: Roman Zippel <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[e-mail]>

arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c

···
 	.mask		= HPET_MASK,
 	.mult		= 0, /* set below */
 	.shift		= HPET_SHIFT,
-	.is_continuous	= 1,
+	.flags		= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
 };
 
 static int __init init_hpet_clocksource(void)

arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c

···
 	.mult			= 0, /* to be set */
 	.shift			= 22,
 	.update_callback	= tsc_update_callback,
-	.is_continuous		= 1,
+	.flags			= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS |
+				  CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY,
 };
 
 static int tsc_update_callback(void)
···
 		clocksource_tsc.mult = clocksource_khz2mult(current_tsc_khz,
 							clocksource_tsc.shift);
 		/* lower the rating if we already know its unstable: */
-		if (check_tsc_unstable())
+		if (check_tsc_unstable()) {
 			clocksource_tsc.rating = 0;
+			clocksource_tsc.flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS;
+		}
 
 		init_timer(&verify_tsc_freq_timer);
 		verify_tsc_freq_timer.function = verify_tsc_freq;

arch/i386/kernel/vmitime.c

···
 	.mask			= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
 	.mult			= 0, /* to be set */
 	.shift			= 22,
-	.is_continuous		= 1,
+	.flags			= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
 };
 
 

drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c

···
 	.mask		= (cycle_t)ACPI_PM_MASK,
 	.mult		= 0, /*to be caluclated*/
 	.shift		= 22,
-	.is_continuous	= 1,
+	.flags		= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
+
 };
 
 

drivers/clocksource/cyclone.c

···
 	.mask		= CYCLONE_TIMER_MASK,
 	.mult		= 10,
 	.shift		= 0,
-	.is_continuous	= 1,
+	.flags		= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
 };
 
 static int __init init_cyclone_clocksource(void)

drivers/clocksource/scx200_hrt.c

···
 	.rating		= 250,
 	.read		= read_hrt,
 	.mask		= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32),
-	.is_continuous	= 1,
+	.flags		= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
 	/* mult, shift are set based on mhz27 flag */
 };
 

include/linux/clocksource.h

···
  * @mult:		cycle to nanosecond multiplier
  * @shift:		cycle to nanosecond divisor (power of two)
  * @update_callback:	called when safe to alter clocksource values
- * @is_continuous:	defines if clocksource is free-running.
+ * @flags:		flags describing special properties
  * @cycle_interval:	Used internally by timekeeping core, please ignore.
  * @xtime_interval:	Used internally by timekeeping core, please ignore.
  */
···
 	u32 mult;
 	u32 shift;
 	int (*update_callback)(void);
-	int is_continuous;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* timekeeping specific data, ignore */
 	cycle_t cycle_last, cycle_interval;
 	u64 xtime_nsec, xtime_interval;
 	s64 error;
 };
+
+/*
+ * Clock source flags bits::
+ */
+#define CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS	0x01
+#define CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY	0x02
 
 /* simplify initialization of mask field */
 #define CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(bits) (cycle_t)(bits<64 ? ((1ULL<<bits)-1) : -1)

kernel/time/jiffies.c

···
 	.mask		= 0xffffffff, /*32bits*/
 	.mult		= NSEC_PER_JIFFY << JIFFIES_SHIFT, /* details above */
 	.shift		= JIFFIES_SHIFT,
-	.is_continuous	= 0, /* tick based, not free running */
 };
 
 static int __init init_jiffies_clocksource(void)

kernel/timer.c

···
 	do {
 		seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
 
-		ret = clock->is_continuous;
+		ret = clock->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS;
 
 	} while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));