timeval: Remove CACHE_TIME scheme.

This commit removes the CACHE_TIME scheme from timeval module.  This
is for eliminating the lock contention over the read/write lock of
the cached time.  To get the time, the thread now will directly do
the system call 'clock_gettime()'.

As a side effect, timer can only be warpped after timer is stopped
by 'appctl time/stop' command.

Signed-off-by: Alex Wang <alexw@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Ethan Jackson <ethan@nicira.com>
Acked-by: Ethan Jackson <ethan@nicira.com>

13 files changed, 17 insertions, 339 deletions

diff --git a/lib/daemon.c b/lib/daemon.c
index 98f30d7bf..1c9ebe257 100644
--- a/lib/daemon.c
+++ b/lib/daemon.c
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ fork_and_clean_up(void)
         fatal_signal_fork();
     } else if (!pid) {
         /* Running in child process. */
-        time_postfork();
         lockfile_postfork();
     }
     return pid;
diff --git a/lib/timeval.c b/lib/timeval.c
index faf8e7bc8..37b4353c7 100644
--- a/lib/timeval.c
+++ b/lib/timeval.c
@@ -41,14 +41,12 @@ VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(timeval);
 
 struct clock {
     clockid_t id;               /* CLOCK_MONOTONIC or CLOCK_REALTIME. */
-    struct ovs_rwlock rwlock;   /* Mutual exclusion for 'cache'. */
 
     /* Features for use by unit tests.  Protected by 'rwlock'. */
+    struct ovs_rwlock rwlock;
     struct timespec warp;       /* Offset added for unit tests. */
     bool stopped;               /* Disables real-time updates if true.  */
 
-    /* Relevant only if CACHE_TIME is true. */
-    volatile sig_atomic_t tick; /* Has the timer ticked?  Set by signal. */
     struct timespec cache;      /* Last time read from kernel. */
 };
 
@@ -67,11 +65,6 @@ static long long int deadline = LLONG_MAX;
  * up. */
 DEFINE_STATIC_PER_THREAD_DATA(long long int, last_wakeup, 0);
 
-static void set_up_timer(void);
-static void set_up_signal(int flags);
-static void sigalrm_handler(int);
-static void block_sigalrm(sigset_t *);
-static void unblock_sigalrm(const sigset_t *);
 static void log_poll_interval(long long int last_wakeup);
 static struct rusage *get_recent_rusage(void);
 static void refresh_rusage(void);
@@ -83,7 +76,6 @@ init_clock(struct clock *c, clockid_t id)
 {
     memset(c, 0, sizeof *c);
     c->id = id;
-    ovs_rwlock_init(&c->rwlock);
     xclock_gettime(c->id, &c->cache);
 }
 
@@ -99,9 +91,6 @@ do_init_time(void)
                                   : CLOCK_REALTIME));
     init_clock(&wall_clock, CLOCK_REALTIME);
     boot_time = timespec_to_msec(&monotonic_clock.cache);
-
-    set_up_signal(SA_RESTART);
-    set_up_timer();
 }
 
 /* Initializes the timetracking module, if not already initialized. */
@@ -113,85 +102,15 @@ time_init(void)
 }
 
 static void
-set_up_signal(int flags)
-{
-    struct sigaction sa;
-
-    memset(&sa, 0, sizeof sa);
-    sa.sa_handler = sigalrm_handler;
-    sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
-    sa.sa_flags = flags;
-    xsigaction(SIGALRM, &sa, NULL);
-}
-
-static void
-set_up_timer(void)
-{
-    static timer_t timer_id;    /* "static" to avoid apparent memory leak. */
-    struct itimerspec itimer;
-
-    if (!CACHE_TIME) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (timer_create(monotonic_clock.id, NULL, &timer_id)) {
-        VLOG_FATAL("timer_create failed (%s)", ovs_strerror(errno));
-    }
-
-    itimer.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
-    itimer.it_interval.tv_nsec = TIME_UPDATE_INTERVAL * 1000 * 1000;
-    itimer.it_value = itimer.it_interval;
-
-    if (timer_settime(timer_id, 0, &itimer, NULL)) {
-        VLOG_FATAL("timer_settime failed (%s)", ovs_strerror(errno));
-    }
-}
-
-/* Set up the interval timer, to ensure that time advances even without calling
- * time_refresh().
- *
- * A child created with fork() does not inherit the parent's interval timer, so
- * this function needs to be called from the child after fork(). */
-void
-time_postfork(void)
-{
-    assert_single_threaded();
-    time_init();
-    set_up_timer();
-}
-
-/* Forces a refresh of the current time from the kernel.  It is not usually
- * necessary to call this function, since the time will be refreshed
- * automatically at least every TIME_UPDATE_INTERVAL milliseconds.  If
- * CACHE_TIME is false, we will always refresh the current time so this
- * function has no effect. */
-void
-time_refresh(void)
-{
-    monotonic_clock.tick = wall_clock.tick = true;
-}
-
-static void
 time_timespec__(struct clock *c, struct timespec *ts)
 {
     time_init();
-    for (;;) {
-        /* Use the cached time by preference, but fall through if there's been
-         * a clock tick.  */
-        ovs_rwlock_rdlock(&c->rwlock);
-        if (c->stopped || !c->tick) {
-            timespec_add(ts, &c->cache, &c->warp);
-            ovs_rwlock_unlock(&c->rwlock);
-            return;
-        }
-        ovs_rwlock_unlock(&c->rwlock);
 
-        /* Refresh the cache. */
-        ovs_rwlock_wrlock(&c->rwlock);
-        if (c->tick) {
-            c->tick = false;
-            xclock_gettime(c->id, &c->cache);
-        }
+    if (!c->stopped) {
+        xclock_gettime(c->id, ts);
+    } else {
+        ovs_rwlock_rdlock(&c->rwlock);
+        timespec_add(ts, &c->cache, &c->warp);
         ovs_rwlock_unlock(&c->rwlock);
     }
 }
@@ -268,7 +187,6 @@ time_alarm(unsigned int secs)
 
     assert_single_threaded();
     time_init();
-    time_refresh();
 
     now = time_msec();
     msecs = secs * 1000LL;
@@ -286,8 +204,6 @@ time_alarm(unsigned int secs)
  *        timeout is reached.  (Because of this property, this function will
  *        never return -EINTR.)
  *
- *      - As a side effect, refreshes the current time (like time_refresh()).
- *
  * Stores the number of milliseconds elapsed during poll in '*elapsed'. */
 int
 time_poll(struct pollfd *pollfds, int n_pollfds, long long int timeout_when,
@@ -295,18 +211,14 @@ time_poll(struct pollfd *pollfds, int n_pollfds, long long int timeout_when,
 {
     long long int *last_wakeup = last_wakeup_get();
     long long int start;
-    sigset_t oldsigs;
-    bool blocked;
     int retval;
 
     time_init();
-    time_refresh();
     if (*last_wakeup) {
         log_poll_interval(*last_wakeup);
     }
     coverage_clear();
     start = time_msec();
-    blocked = false;
 
     timeout_when = MIN(timeout_when, deadline);
 
@@ -327,7 +239,6 @@ time_poll(struct pollfd *pollfds, int n_pollfds, long long int timeout_when,
             retval = -errno;
         }
 
-        time_refresh();
         if (deadline <= time_msec()) {
             fatal_signal_handler(SIGALRM);
             if (retval < 0) {
@@ -339,14 +250,6 @@ time_poll(struct pollfd *pollfds, int n_pollfds, long long int timeout_when,
         if (retval != -EINTR) {
             break;
         }
-
-        if (!blocked && CACHE_TIME) {
-            block_sigalrm(&oldsigs);
-            blocked = true;
-        }
-    }
-    if (blocked) {
-        unblock_sigalrm(&oldsigs);
     }
     *last_wakeup = time_msec();
     refresh_rusage();
@@ -354,27 +257,6 @@ time_poll(struct pollfd *pollfds, int n_pollfds, long long int timeout_when,
     return retval;
 }
 
-static void
-sigalrm_handler(int sig_nr OVS_UNUSED)
-{
-    monotonic_clock.tick = wall_clock.tick = true;
-}
-
-static void
-block_sigalrm(sigset_t *oldsigs)
-{
-    sigset_t sigalrm;
-    sigemptyset(&sigalrm);
-    sigaddset(&sigalrm, SIGALRM);
-    xpthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigalrm, oldsigs);
-}
-
-static void
-unblock_sigalrm(const sigset_t *oldsigs)
-{
-    xpthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, oldsigs, NULL);
-}
-
 long long int
 timespec_to_msec(const struct timespec *ts)
 {
@@ -570,6 +452,7 @@ timeval_stop_cb(struct unixctl_conn *conn,
 {
     ovs_rwlock_wrlock(&monotonic_clock.rwlock);
     monotonic_clock.stopped = true;
+    xclock_gettime(monotonic_clock.id, &monotonic_clock.cache);
     ovs_rwlock_unlock(&monotonic_clock.rwlock);
 
     unixctl_command_reply(conn, NULL);
diff --git a/lib/timeval.h b/lib/timeval.h
index 8dd2e2b06..d0962eeb9 100644
--- a/lib/timeval.h
+++ b/lib/timeval.h
@@ -40,25 +40,6 @@ BUILD_ASSERT_DECL(TYPE_IS_SIGNED(time_t));
 #define TIME_MAX TYPE_MAXIMUM(time_t)
 #define TIME_MIN TYPE_MINIMUM(time_t)
 
-/* Interval between updates to the reported time, in ms.  This should not be
- * adjusted much below 10 ms or so with the current implementation, or too
- * much time will be wasted in signal handlers and calls to clock_gettime(). */
-#define TIME_UPDATE_INTERVAL 25
-
-/* True on systems that support a monotonic clock.  Compared to just getting
- * the value of a variable, clock_gettime() is somewhat expensive, even on
- * systems that try hard to optimize it (such as x86-64 Linux), so it's
- * worthwhile to minimize calls via caching. */
-#ifndef CACHE_TIME
-#if defined ESX
-#define CACHE_TIME 0
-#else
-#define CACHE_TIME 1
-#endif
-#endif /* ifndef CACHE_TIME */
-
-void time_postfork(void);
-void time_refresh(void);
 time_t time_now(void);
 time_t time_wall(void);
 long long int time_msec(void);
diff --git a/m4/openvswitch.m4 b/m4/openvswitch.m4
index bcdb942b9..dca6cca91 100644
--- a/m4/openvswitch.m4
+++ b/m4/openvswitch.m4
@@ -46,22 +46,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_NDEBUG],
      [ndebug=false])
    AM_CONDITIONAL([NDEBUG], [test x$ndebug = xtrue])])
 
-dnl Checks for --enable-cache-time and defines CACHE_TIME if it is specified.
-AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_CACHE_TIME],
-  [AC_ARG_ENABLE(
-     [cache-time],
-     [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-cache-time],
-                     [Override time caching default (for testing only)])],
-     [case "${enableval}" in
-        (yes) cache_time=1;;
-        (no)  cache_time=0;;
-        (*) AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --enable-cache-time]) ;;
-      esac
-      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([CACHE_TIME], [$cache_time],
-          [Define to 1 to enable time caching, to 0 to disable time caching, or
-           leave undefined to use the default (as one should
-           ordinarily do).])])])
-
 dnl Checks for ESX.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_ESX],
   [AC_CHECK_HEADER([vmware.h],
diff --git a/ofproto/ofproto-dpif.c b/ofproto/ofproto-dpif.c
index c7d357365..b52d4eeff 100644
--- a/ofproto/ofproto-dpif.c
+++ b/ofproto/ofproto-dpif.c
@@ -3878,7 +3878,7 @@ subfacet_max_idle(const struct dpif_backer *backer)
      * pass made by update_stats(), because the former function never looks at
      * uninstallable subfacets.
      */
-    enum { BUCKET_WIDTH = ROUND_UP(100, TIME_UPDATE_INTERVAL) };
+    enum { BUCKET_WIDTH = 100 };
     enum { N_BUCKETS = 5000 / BUCKET_WIDTH };
     int buckets[N_BUCKETS] = { 0 };
     int total, subtotal, bucket;
diff --git a/tests/automake.mk b/tests/automake.mk
index f531bf9f3..60d3640bc 100644
--- a/tests/automake.mk
+++ b/tests/automake.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ TESTSUITE_AT = \
 	tests/json.at \
 	tests/jsonrpc.at \
 	tests/jsonrpc-py.at \
-	tests/timeval.at \
 	tests/tunnel.at \
 	tests/lockfile.at \
 	tests/reconnect.at \
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ valgrind_wrappers = \
 	tests/valgrind/test-reconnect \
 	tests/valgrind/test-sha1 \
 	tests/valgrind/test-stp \
-	tests/valgrind/test-timeval \
 	tests/valgrind/test-type-props \
 	tests/valgrind/test-unix-socket \
 	tests/valgrind/test-uuid \
@@ -293,10 +291,6 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS += tests/test-sha1
 tests_test_sha1_SOURCES = tests/test-sha1.c
 tests_test_sha1_LDADD = lib/libopenvswitch.a $(SSL_LIBS)
 
-noinst_PROGRAMS += tests/test-timeval
-tests_test_timeval_SOURCES = tests/test-timeval.c
-tests_test_timeval_LDADD = lib/libopenvswitch.a $(SSL_LIBS)
-
 noinst_PROGRAMS += tests/test-strtok_r
 tests_test_strtok_r_SOURCES = tests/test-strtok_r.c
 
diff --git a/tests/learn.at b/tests/learn.at
index 62fc9eba1..f99cc3a19 100644
--- a/tests/learn.at
+++ b/tests/learn.at
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ AT_SETUP([learning action - self-modifying flow])
 OVS_VSWITCHD_START
 ADD_OF_PORTS([br0], 1, 2, 3)
 
+ovs-appctl time/stop
 # Set up flow table for TCPv4 port learning.
 AT_CHECK([[ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 'actions=load:3->NXM_NX_REG0[0..15],learn(table=0,priority=65535,NXM_OF_ETH_SRC[],NXM_OF_VLAN_TCI[0..11],output:NXM_NX_REG0[0..15]),output:2']])
 
diff --git a/tests/ofproto-dpif.at b/tests/ofproto-dpif.at
index 7f01a2dfd..f67c3ab79 100644
--- a/tests/ofproto-dpif.at
+++ b/tests/ofproto-dpif.at
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ NXT_PACKET_IN (xid=0x0): table_id=7 cookie=0x9 total_len=64 in_port=1 tun_id=0x6
 udp,metadata=0,in_port=0,dl_vlan=80,dl_vlan_pcp=0,dl_src=80:81:81:81:81:81,dl_dst=82:82:82:82:82:82,nw_src=83.83.83.83,nw_dst=84.84.84.84,nw_tos=0,nw_ecn=0,nw_ttl=0,tp_src=85,tp_dst=86 udp_csum:43a1
 ])
 
+ovs-appctl time/stop
 AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl time/warp 5000], [0], [ignore])
 
 dnl Checksum SCTP.
@@ -1841,6 +1842,7 @@ AT_SETUP([ofproto-dpif - NetFlow flow expiration])
 OVS_VSWITCHD_START([set Bridge br0 fail-mode=standalone])
 ADD_OF_PORTS([br0], 1, 2)
 
+ovs-appctl time/stop
 ON_EXIT([kill `cat test-netflow.pid`])
 AT_CHECK([test-netflow --log-file --detach --no-chdir --pidfile 0:127.0.0.1 > netflow.log], [0], [], [ignore])
 AT_CAPTURE_FILE([netflow.log])
@@ -1996,6 +1998,7 @@ get_ages () {
 AT_CHECK([ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 hard_timeout=199,idle_timeout=188,actions=drop])
 get_ages duration1 hard1 idle1
 
+ovs-appctl time/stop
 # Warp time forward by 10 seconds, then modify the flow's actions.
 ovs-appctl time/warp 10000
 get_ages duration2 hard2 idle2
@@ -2059,6 +2062,8 @@ AT_CHECK([ovs-ofctl dump-flows br0 | ofctl_strip], [0],
 [NXST_FLOW reply:
  idle_timeout=60, actions=fin_timeout(idle_timeout=5)
 ])
+
+ovs-appctl time/stop
 # Check that a TCP SYN packet does not change the timeout.  (Because
 # flow stats updates are mainly what implements the fin_timeout
 # feature, we warp forward a couple of times to ensure that flow stats
@@ -2263,6 +2268,7 @@ AT_SETUP([ofproto-dpif - port duration])
 OVS_VSWITCHD_START([set Bridge br0 protocols=OpenFlow13])
 ADD_OF_PORTS([br0], 1, 2)
 
+ovs-appctl time/stop
 ovs-appctl time/warp 10000
 
 AT_CHECK([ovs-ofctl -O openflow13 dump-ports br0], [0], [stdout])
@@ -2474,6 +2480,7 @@ AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/set-admin-state up], 0, [OK
 ADD_OF_PORTS([br0], [7])
 AT_CHECK([ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 action=normal])
 AT_CHECK([ovs-ofctl add-flow br1 action=normal])
+ovs-appctl time/stop
 ovs-appctl time/warp 5000
 AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/receive p7 'in_port(1),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:09,dst=50:54:00:00:00:0a),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(src=10.0.0.2,dst=10.0.0.1,proto=1,tos=0,ttl=64,frag=no),icmp(type=8,code=0)'])
 AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl netdev-dummy/receive p7 'in_port(1),eth(src=50:54:00:00:00:0b,dst=50:54:00:00:00:0c),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4(src=10.0.0.4,dst=10.0.0.3,proto=1,tos=0,ttl=64,frag=no),icmp(type=8,code=0)'])
@@ -2619,6 +2626,7 @@ AT_DATA([flows.txt], [dnl
 table=0 in_port=1 actions=load:2->NXM_NX_REG0[[0..15]],learn(table=1,priority=65535,NXM_OF_ETH_SRC[[]],NXM_OF_VLAN_TCI[[0..11]],output:NXM_NX_REG0[[0..15]]),output:2
 ])
 AT_CHECK([ovs-ofctl add-flows br0 flows.txt])
+ovs-appctl time/stop
 # We send each packet twice because the first packet in each flow causes the
 # flow table to change and thus revalidations, which (depending on timing)
 # can keep a megaflow from being installed.  The revalidations are done by
diff --git a/tests/test-lockfile.c b/tests/test-lockfile.c
index fe258c249..99f68794c 100644
--- a/tests/test-lockfile.c
+++ b/tests/test-lockfile.c
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ do_fork(void)
 {
     switch (fork()) {
     case 0:
-        time_postfork();
         lockfile_postfork();
         return CHILD;
 
diff --git a/tests/test-timeval.c b/tests/test-timeval.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9896cf737..000000000
--- a/tests/test-timeval.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Nicira, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include "timeval.h"
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include "command-line.h"
-#include "daemon.h"
-#include "util.h"
-
-#undef NDEBUG
-#include <assert.h>
-
-static long long int
-gettimeofday_in_msec(void)
-{
-    struct timeval tv;
-
-    xgettimeofday(&tv);
-    return timeval_to_msec(&tv);
-}
-
-static void
-do_test(void)
-{
-    /* Wait until we are awakened by a signal (typically EINTR due to the
-     * setitimer()).  Then ensure that, if time has really advanced by
-     * TIME_UPDATE_INTERVAL, then time_msec() reports that it advanced.
-     */
-    long long int start_time_msec, start_time_wall;
-    long long int start_gtod;
-
-    start_time_msec = time_msec();
-    start_time_wall = time_wall_msec();
-    start_gtod = gettimeofday_in_msec();
-    for (;;) {
-        /* Wait up to 1 second.  Using select() to do the timeout avoids
-         * interfering with the interval timer. */
-        struct timeval timeout;
-        int retval;
-
-        timeout.tv_sec = 1;
-        timeout.tv_usec = 0;
-        retval = select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &timeout);
-        if (retval != -1) {
-            ovs_fatal(0, "select returned %d", retval);
-        } else if (errno != EINTR) {
-            ovs_fatal(errno, "select reported unexpected error");
-        }
-
-        if (gettimeofday_in_msec() - start_gtod >= TIME_UPDATE_INTERVAL) {
-            /* gettimeofday() and time_msec() have different granularities in
-             * their time sources.  Depending on the rounding used this could
-             * result in a slight difference, so we allow for 1 ms of slop. */
-            assert(time_msec() - start_time_msec >= TIME_UPDATE_INTERVAL - 1);
-            assert(time_wall_msec() - start_time_wall >=
-                                                      TIME_UPDATE_INTERVAL - 1);
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void
-usage(void)
-{
-    ovs_fatal(0, "usage: %s TEST, where TEST is \"plain\" or \"daemon\"",
-              program_name);
-}
-
-int
-main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-    proctitle_init(argc, argv);
-    set_program_name(argv[0]);
-
-    if (argc != 2) {
-        usage();
-    } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "plain")) {
-        /* If we're not caching time there isn't much to test and SIGALRM won't
-         * be around to pull us out of the select() call, so just skip out */
-        if (!CACHE_TIME) {
-            exit (77);
-        }
-
-        do_test();
-    } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "daemon")) {
-        /* Test that time still advances even in a daemon.  This is an
-         * interesting test because fork() cancels the interval timer. */
-        char cwd[1024], *pidfile;
-        FILE *success;
-
-        if (!CACHE_TIME) {
-            exit (77);
-        }
-
-        assert(getcwd(cwd, sizeof cwd) == cwd);
-
-        unlink("test-timeval.success");
-
-        /* Daemonize, with a pidfile in the current directory. */
-        set_detach();
-        pidfile = xasprintf("%s/test-timeval.pid", cwd);
-        set_pidfile(pidfile);
-        free(pidfile);
-        set_no_chdir();
-        daemonize();
-
-        /* Run the test. */
-        do_test();
-
-        /* Report success by writing out a file, since the ultimate invoker of
-         * test-timeval can't wait on the daemonized process. */
-        success = fopen("test-timeval.success", "w");
-        if (!success) {
-            ovs_fatal(errno, "test-timeval.success: create failed");
-        }
-        fprintf(success, "success\n");
-        fclose(success);
-    } else {
-        usage();
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.at b/tests/testsuite.at
index c9bcad980..43efc09d5 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.at
+++ b/tests/testsuite.at
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ m4_include([tests/uuid.at])
 m4_include([tests/json.at])
 m4_include([tests/jsonrpc.at])
 m4_include([tests/jsonrpc-py.at])
-m4_include([tests/timeval.at])
 m4_include([tests/tunnel.at])
 m4_include([tests/lockfile.at])
 m4_include([tests/reconnect.at])
diff --git a/tests/timeval.at b/tests/timeval.at
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d61bffcb..000000000
--- a/tests/timeval.at
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-AT_BANNER([timeval unit tests])
-
-AT_SETUP([check that time advances])
-AT_KEYWORDS([timeval])
-AT_CHECK([test-timeval plain], [0])
-AT_CLEANUP
-
-AT_SETUP([check that time advances after daemonize()])
-AT_KEYWORDS([timeval])
-AT_CHECK([test-timeval daemon], [0])
-AT_CHECK(
-  [# First try a quick sleep, so that the test completes very quickly
-   # in the normal case.  POSIX doesn't require fractional times to
-   # work, so this might not work.
-   sleep 0.1; if test -e test-timeval.success; then echo success; exit 0; fi
-   # Then wait up to 2 seconds.
-   sleep 1; if test -e test-timeval.success; then echo success; exit 0; fi
-   sleep 1; if test -e test-timeval.success; then echo success; exit 0; fi
-   echo failure; exit 1],
-  [0], [success
-], [])
-AT_CLEANUP
diff --git a/vswitchd/bridge.c b/vswitchd/bridge.c
index f993ba126..5e54e0bf3 100644
--- a/vswitchd/bridge.c
+++ b/vswitchd/bridge.c
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ bridge_reconfigure_ofp(void)
     long long int deadline;
     struct bridge *br;
 
-    time_refresh();
     deadline = time_msec() + OFP_PORT_ACTION_WINDOW;
 
     /* The kernel will reject any attempt to add a given port to a datapath if
@@ -567,7 +566,6 @@ bridge_reconfigure_ofp(void)
             list_remove(&garbage->list_node);
             free(garbage);
 
-            time_refresh();
             if (time_msec() >= deadline) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -580,7 +578,6 @@ bridge_reconfigure_ofp(void)
 
         HMAP_FOR_EACH_SAFE (if_cfg, next, hmap_node, &br->if_cfg_todo) {
             iface_create(br, if_cfg, OFPP_NONE);
-            time_refresh();
             if (time_msec() >= deadline) {
                 return false;
             }