Because the PIT is also a proper clocksource, the timekeeping code is already able to handle lost ticks.
Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <[email protected]> --- drivers/clocksource/timer-atmel-pit.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-atmel-pit.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-atmel-pit.c index b07505cd31cf..a9ef5a2292d8 100644 --- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-atmel-pit.c +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-atmel-pit.c @@ -152,15 +152,10 @@ static irqreturn_t at91sam926x_pit_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id) /* The PIT interrupt may be disabled, and is shared */ if (clockevent_state_periodic(&data->clkevt) && (pit_read(data->base, AT91_PIT_SR) & AT91_PIT_PITS)) { - unsigned nr_ticks; - /* Get number of ticks performed before irq, and ack it */ - nr_ticks = PIT_PICNT(pit_read(data->base, AT91_PIT_PIVR)); - do { - data->cnt += data->cycle; - data->clkevt.event_handler(&data->clkevt); - nr_ticks--; - } while (nr_ticks); + data->cnt += data->cycle * PIT_PICNT(pit_read(data->base, + AT91_PIT_PIVR)); + data->clkevt.event_handler(&data->clkevt); return IRQ_HANDLED; } -- 2.8.1
