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Date:	Fri, 12 Jun 2015 02:30:56 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Nicholas Mc Guire <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	yamada.m@...panasonic.com, joe@...ches.com, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...nel.org, ahh@...gle.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	john.stultz@...aro.org, mmarek@...e.cz, pjt@...gle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hofrat@...dl.org, sam@...nborg.org
Subject: [tip:timers/core] time: Allow gcc to fold usecs_to_jiffies(
 constant)

Commit-ID:  c569a23d65ac2900d9998d3fe04044fe95be6b2f
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/c569a23d65ac2900d9998d3fe04044fe95be6b2f
Author:     Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 28 May 2015 19:09:56 +0200
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:31:14 +0200

time: Allow gcc to fold usecs_to_jiffies(constant)

To allow constant folding in usecs_to_jiffies() conditionally calls
the HZ dependent _usecs_to_jiffies() helpers or, when gcc can not
figure out constant folding, __usecs_to_jiffies, which is the renamed
original usecs_to_jiffies() function.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@...panasonic.com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc: Andrew Hunter <ahh@...gle.com>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1432832996-12129-2-git-send-email-hofrat@osadl.org
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 include/linux/jiffies.h | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index a316ebe..535fd3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -383,9 +383,37 @@ static inline unsigned long _usecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int u)
 }
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * usecs_to_jiffies: - convert microseconds to jiffies
+ * @u:	time in microseconds
+ *
+ * conversion is done as follows:
+ *
+ * - 'too large' values [that would result in larger than
+ *   MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET values] mean 'infinite timeout' too.
+ *
+ * - all other values are converted to jiffies by either multiplying
+ *   the input value by a factor or dividing it with a factor and
+ *   handling any 32-bit overflows as for msecs_to_jiffies.
+ *
+ * usecs_to_jiffies() checks for the passed in value being a constant
+ * via __builtin_constant_p() allowing gcc to eliminate most of the
+ * code, __usecs_to_jiffies() is called if the value passed does not
+ * allow constant folding and the actual conversion must be done at
+ * runtime.
+ * the HZ range specific helpers _usecs_to_jiffies() are called both
+ * directly here and from __msecs_to_jiffies() in the case where
+ * constant folding is not possible.
+ */
 static inline unsigned long usecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int u)
 {
-	return __usecs_to_jiffies(u);
+	if (__builtin_constant_p(u)) {
+		if (u > jiffies_to_usecs(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET))
+			return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
+		return _usecs_to_jiffies(u);
+	} else {
+		return __usecs_to_jiffies(u);
+	}
 }
 
 extern unsigned long timespec_to_jiffies(const struct timespec *value);
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