[PATCH] FS: timerfd: Fix unexpected return value of timerfd_read function. 'hrtimer_forward_now()' returns zero due to bigger backward time drift. This causes timerfd_read to return 0. As per man page, read on timerfd is not expected to return 0. This patch fixes this problem. Signed-off-by: Arul Jeniston <arul.jeniston@xxxxxxxxx>

[arul . jeniston]

From: ARUL JENISTON MC <arul.jeniston@xxxxxxxxx>

---
 fs/timerfd.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c
index 6a6fc8aa1de7..f5094e070e9a 100644
--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -284,8 +284,16 @@ static ssize_t timerfd_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 					&ctx->t.alarm, ctx->tintv) - 1;
 				alarm_restart(&ctx->t.alarm);
 			} else {
-				ticks += hrtimer_forward_now(&ctx->t.tmr,
-							     ctx->tintv) - 1;
+				u64 nooftimeo = hrtimer_forward_now(&ctx->t.tmr,
+								 ctx->tintv);
+				/*
+				 * ticks shouldn't become zero at this point.
+				 * Ignore if hrtimer_forward_now returns 0
+				 * due to larger backward time drift.
+				 */
+				if (likely(nooftimeo)) {
+					ticks += nooftimeo - 1;
+				}
 				hrtimer_restart(&ctx->t.tmr);
 			}
 		}
-- 
2.11.0