clocksource: Add 'max_cycles' to 'struct clocksource'

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In order to facilitate clocksource validation, add a
'max_cycles' field to the clocksource structure which
will hold the maximum cycle value that can safely be
multiplied without potentially causing an overflow.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1426133800-29329-4-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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John Stultz 2015-03-11 21:16:31 -07:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar

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include/linux/clocksource.h

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kernel/time/clocksource.c

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kernel/time/sched_clock.c

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