linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource: Avoid selecting mult values that might overflow when adjusted

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Date:	Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:10:19 -0400
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>,
	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: Avoid selecting mult values that might
 overflow when adjusted

On Thu, 2011-11-03 at 13:05 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, John Stultz wrote:
> >  
> > +	WARN_ONCE(timekeeper.mult+adj >
> > +			timekeeper.clock->mult + timekeeper.clock->maxadj,
> > +			"Adjusting more then 11%%");
> 
> Shouldn't we rather limit the update instead of just warn and overflow ?

Well, I'm hesitant to commit to that, just yet. So I figured I'd start
with the warning.

thanks
-john


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