linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 08/30] apm32: Fix cputime == jiffies assumption

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Date:	Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:23:38 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 08/30] apm32: Fix cputime == jiffies assumption

That code wrongly assumes that cputime_t wraps jiffies_t. Lets use
the correct accessors/mutators.

Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
index 5848744..b3949c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ recalc:
 	} else if (jiffies_since_last_check > idle_period) {
 		unsigned int idle_percentage;
 
-		idle_percentage = stime - last_stime;
+		idle_percentage = cputime_to_jiffies(stime - last_stime);
 		idle_percentage *= 100;
 		idle_percentage /= jiffies_since_last_check;
 		use_apm_idle = (idle_percentage > idle_threshold);
-- 
2.1.3

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