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Commit 4c9b658e authored by Miroslav Lichvar's avatar Miroslav Lichvar Committed by Jeff Kirsher
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igb: shorten maximum PHC timecounter update interval

The timecounter needs to be updated at least once per ~550 seconds in
order to avoid a 40-bit SYSTIM timestamp to be misinterpreted as an old
timestamp.

Since commit 500462a9

 ("timers: Switch to a non-cascading wheel"),
scheduling of delayed work seems to be less accurate and a requested
delay of 540 seconds may actually be longer than 550 seconds. Also, the
PHC may be adjusted to run up to 6% faster than real time and the system
clock up to 10% slower. Shorten the delay to 360 seconds to be sure the
timecounter is updated in time.

This fixes an issue with HW timestamps on 82580/I350/I354 being off by
~1100 seconds for few seconds every ~9 minutes.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMiroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Acked-by: default avatarJacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Acked-by: default avatarRichard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Tested-by: default avatarAaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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