linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 183/366] time: Make sure jiffies_to

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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 19:49:05 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Stephen Boyd" <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        "John Stultz" <john.stultz@...aro.org>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 183/366] time: Make sure jiffies_to_msecs() preserves
 non-zero time periods

3.16.61-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

commit abcbcb80cd09cd40f2089d912764e315459b71f7 upstream.

For the common cases where 1000 is a multiple of HZ, or HZ is a multiple of
1000, jiffies_to_msecs() never returns zero when passed a non-zero time
period.

However, if HZ > 1000 and not an integer multiple of 1000 (e.g. 1024 or
1200, as used on alpha and DECstation), jiffies_to_msecs() may return zero
for small non-zero time periods.  This may break code that relies on
receiving back a non-zero value.

jiffies_to_usecs() does not need such a fix: one jiffy can only be less
than one µs if HZ > 1000000, and such large values of HZ are already
rejected at build time, twice:

  - include/linux/jiffies.h does #error if HZ >= 12288,
  - kernel/time/time.c has BUILD_BUG_ON(HZ > USEC_PER_SEC).

Broken since forever.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180622143357.7495-1-geert@linux-m68k.org
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 kernel/time.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/timex.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/timekeeper_internal.h>
@@ -253,9 +254,10 @@ unsigned int jiffies_to_msecs(const unsi
 	return (j + (HZ / MSEC_PER_SEC) - 1)/(HZ / MSEC_PER_SEC);
 #else
 # if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
-	return (HZ_TO_MSEC_MUL32 * j) >> HZ_TO_MSEC_SHR32;
+	return (HZ_TO_MSEC_MUL32 * j + (1ULL << HZ_TO_MSEC_SHR32) - 1) >>
+	       HZ_TO_MSEC_SHR32;
 # else
-	return (j * HZ_TO_MSEC_NUM) / HZ_TO_MSEC_DEN;
+	return DIV_ROUND_UP(j * HZ_TO_MSEC_NUM, HZ_TO_MSEC_DEN);
 # endif
 #endif
 }