[34-longterm 036/179] cpuidle: menu: fixed wrapping timers at 4.294 seconds

From: Paul Gortmaker
Date: Mon May 14 2012 - 22:34:29 EST


From: Tero Kristo <tero.kristo@xxxxxxxxx>

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This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
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commit 7467571f4480b273007517b26297c07154c73924 upstream.

Cpuidle menu governor is using u32 as a temporary datatype for storing
nanosecond values which wrap around at 4.294 seconds. This causes errors
in predicted sleep times resulting in higher than should be C state
selection and increased power consumption. This also breaks cpuidle
state residency statistics.

cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # .32.x through .39.x
Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo <tero.kristo@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
index f8e57c6..0537437 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
int latency_req = pm_qos_requirement(PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY);
int i;
int multiplier;
+ struct timespec t;

if (data->needs_update) {
menu_update(dev);
@@ -199,8 +200,9 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
return 0;

/* determine the expected residency time, round up */
+ t = ktime_to_timespec(tick_nohz_get_sleep_length());
data->expected_us =
- DIV_ROUND_UP((u32)ktime_to_ns(tick_nohz_get_sleep_length()), 1000);
+ t.tv_sec * USEC_PER_SEC + t.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC;


data->bucket = which_bucket(data->expected_us);
--
1.7.9.6

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