perf/x86: Improve accuracy of perf/sched clock
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> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1440147918-22250-1-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.comSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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