From: Ingo Molnar fix multiple conversion bugs in msecs_to_jiffies(). the main problem is that this condition: if (m > jiffies_to_msecs(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET)) overflows if HZ is smaller than 1000! this change is user-visible: for HZ=250 SUS-compliant poll()-timeout value of -20 is mistakenly converted to 'immediate timeout'. (the new dyntick code also triggered this, as it frequently creates 'lagging timer wheel' scenarios.) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner -- kernel/time.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.18-mm2/kernel/time.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.18-mm2.orig/kernel/time.c 2006-10-02 00:55:50.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.18-mm2/kernel/time.c 2006-10-02 00:55:51.000000000 +0200 @@ -500,15 +500,56 @@ unsigned int jiffies_to_usecs(const unsi } EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_to_usecs); +/* + * When we convert to jiffies then we interpret incoming values + * the following way: + * + * - negative values mean 'infinite timeout' (MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET) + * + * - '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 + * + * We must also be careful about 32-bit overflows. + */ unsigned long msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m) { - if (m > jiffies_to_msecs(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET)) + /* + * Negative value, means infinite timeout: + */ + if ((int)m < 0) return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET; + #if HZ <= MSEC_PER_SEC && !(MSEC_PER_SEC % HZ) + /* + * HZ is equal to or smaller than 1000, and 1000 is a nice + * round multiple of HZ, divide with the factor between them, + * but round upwards: + */ return (m + (MSEC_PER_SEC / HZ) - 1) / (MSEC_PER_SEC / HZ); #elif HZ > MSEC_PER_SEC && !(HZ % MSEC_PER_SEC) + /* + * HZ is larger than 1000, and HZ is a nice round multiple of + * 1000 - simply multiply with the factor between them. + * + * But first make sure the multiplication result cannot + * overflow: + */ + if (m > jiffies_to_msecs(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET)) + return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET; + return m * (HZ / MSEC_PER_SEC); #else + /* + * Generic case - multiply, round and divide. But first + * check that if we are doing a net multiplication, that + * we wouldnt overflow: + */ + if (HZ > MSEC_PER_SEC && m > jiffies_to_msecs(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET)) + return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET; + return (m * HZ + MSEC_PER_SEC - 1) / MSEC_PER_SEC; #endif } -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/