linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] apm32: Fix cputime == jiffies assumption

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:37:51 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] apm32: Fix cputime == jiffies assumption

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

No real harm now as that code can't be used with full dynticks.

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc; John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
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 927ec92..052c9c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ 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);
-- 
2.1.4

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