1. 07 11月, 2015 1 次提交
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      um: Switch clocksource to hrtimers · 2eb5f31b
      Anton Ivanov 提交于
      UML is using an obsolete itimer call for
      all timers and "polls" for kernel space timer firing
      in its userspace portion resulting in a long list
      of bugs and incorrect behaviour(s). It also uses
      ITIMER_VIRTUAL for its timer which results in the
      timer being dependent on it running and the cpu
      load.
      
      This patch fixes this by moving to posix high resolution
      timers firing off CLOCK_MONOTONIC and relaying the timer
      correctly to the UML userspace.
      
      Fixes:
       - crashes when hosts suspends/resumes
       - broken userspace timers - effecive ~40Hz instead
         of what they should be. Note - this modifies skas behavior
         by no longer setting an itimer per clone(). Timer events
         are relayed instead.
       - kernel network packet scheduling disciplines
       - tcp behaviour especially under load
       - various timer related corner cases
      
      Finally, overall responsiveness of userspace is better.
      Signed-off-by: NThomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>
      Signed-off-by: NAnton Ivanov <aivanov@brocade.com>
      [rw: massaged commit message]
      Signed-off-by: NRichard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
      2eb5f31b