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Re: [PATCH V3] perf: x86: Improve accuracy of perf/sched clock

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On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 11:36:38AM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> On 21/08/15 12:05, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> > When TSC is stable perf/sched clock is based on it.
> > However the conversion from cycles to nanoseconds
> > is not as accurate as it could be.  Because
> > CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR is 10, the accuracy is +/- 1/2048
> > 
> > The change is to calculate the maximum shift that
> > results in a multiplier that is still a 32-bit number.
> > For example all frequencies over 1 GHz will have
> > a shift of 32, making the accuracy of the conversion
> > +/- 1/(2^33).  That is achieved by using the
> > 'clocks_calc_mult_shift()' function.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
> 
> Ping?

I've queued it. Thanks
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Re: [PATCH V2] perf: x86: Improve accuracy of perf/sched clock Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-08-20 21:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH V2] perf: x86: Improve accuracy of perf/sched clock Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> - 2015-08-21 08:50 +0200
    [PATCH V3] perf: x86: Improve accuracy of perf/sched clock Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> - 2015-08-21 11:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V3] perf: x86: Improve accuracy of perf/sched clock Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> - 2015-09-01 10:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH V3] perf: x86: Improve accuracy of perf/sched clock Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-09-01 11:00 +0200

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