[PATCH v2] time: Make sure jiffies_to_msecs() preserves non-zero time periods

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Fri Jun 22 2018 - 03:54:33 EST


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, as <linux/jiffies.h> does
not support values of HZ larger than 12287, thus rejecting any
problematic huge values of HZ.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Add examples of affected systems,
- Use DIV_ROUND_UP().
---
kernel/time/time.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index 6fa99213fc720e4b..2b41e8e2d31db26f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/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>
@@ -314,9 +315,10 @@ unsigned int jiffies_to_msecs(const unsigned long j)
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
}
--
2.17.1