linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] timekeeping: Convert to use jiffies macro

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Message-Id: <20240826032734.7570-1-chenyufan@vivo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:27:33 +0800
From: Chen Yufan <chenyufan@...o.com>
To: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: opensource.kernel@...o.com,
	Chen Yufan <chenyufan@...o.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] timekeeping: Convert to use jiffies macro

Use time_after instead of using
jiffies directly to handle wraparound.

Signed-off-by: Chen Yufan <chenyufan@...o.com>
---
The modifications made compared to the previous version are as follows:
1. change the type of timekeeper::last_warning to
unsigned long.
---
 include/linux/timekeeper_internal.h | 2 +-
 kernel/time/timekeeping.c           | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/timekeeper_internal.h b/include/linux/timekeeper_internal.h
index 84ff2844df2a..928a9258b7dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/timekeeper_internal.h
+++ b/include/linux/timekeeper_internal.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct timekeeper {
 	/* Flag used to avoid updating NTP twice with same second */
 	u32			skip_second_overflow;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
-	long			last_warning;
+	unsigned long			last_warning;
 	/*
 	 * These simple flag variables are managed
 	 * without locks, which is racy, but they are
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 5391e4167d60..6cda65dbe18f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static void timekeeping_check_update(struct timekeeper *tk, u64 offset)
 	}
 
 	if (tk->underflow_seen) {
-		if (jiffies - tk->last_warning > WARNING_FREQ) {
+		if (time_after(jiffies, tk->last_warning + WARNING_FREQ)) {
 			printk_deferred("WARNING: Underflow in clocksource '%s' observed, time update ignored.\n", name);
 			printk_deferred("         Please report this, consider using a different clocksource, if possible.\n");
 			printk_deferred("         Your kernel is probably still fine.\n");
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static void timekeeping_check_update(struct timekeeper *tk, u64 offset)
 	}
 
 	if (tk->overflow_seen) {
-		if (jiffies - tk->last_warning > WARNING_FREQ) {
+		if (time_after(jiffies, tk->last_warning + WARNING_FREQ)) {
 			printk_deferred("WARNING: Overflow in clocksource '%s' observed, time update capped.\n", name);
 			printk_deferred("         Please report this, consider using a different clocksource, if possible.\n");
 			printk_deferred("         Your kernel is probably still fine.\n");
-- 
2.39.0