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authorBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2009-12-09 09:14:38 +0300
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2009-12-09 09:14:38 +0300
commitbcd6acd51f3d4d1ada201e9bc5c40a31d6d80c71 (patch)
tree2f6dffd2d3e4dd67355a224de7e7a960335a92fd /kernel/time.c
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parent3ff6a468b45b5dfeb0e903e56f4eb27d34b2437c (diff)
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diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 2e2e469a7fec..804798005d19 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -662,6 +662,36 @@ u64 nsec_to_clock_t(u64 x)
#endif
}
+/**
+ * nsecs_to_jiffies - Convert nsecs in u64 to jiffies
+ *
+ * @n: nsecs in u64
+ *
+ * Unlike {m,u}secs_to_jiffies, type of input is not unsigned int but u64.
+ * And this doesn't return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET since this function is designed
+ * for scheduler, not for use in device drivers to calculate timeout value.
+ *
+ * note:
+ * NSEC_PER_SEC = 10^9 = (5^9 * 2^9) = (1953125 * 512)
+ * ULLONG_MAX ns = 18446744073.709551615 secs = about 584 years
+ */
+unsigned long nsecs_to_jiffies(u64 n)
+{
+#if (NSEC_PER_SEC % HZ) == 0
+ /* Common case, HZ = 100, 128, 200, 250, 256, 500, 512, 1000 etc. */
+ return div_u64(n, NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ);
+#elif (HZ % 512) == 0
+ /* overflow after 292 years if HZ = 1024 */
+ return div_u64(n * HZ / 512, NSEC_PER_SEC / 512);
+#else
+ /*
+ * Generic case - optimized for cases where HZ is a multiple of 3.
+ * overflow after 64.99 years, exact for HZ = 60, 72, 90, 120 etc.
+ */
+ return div_u64(n * 9, (9ull * NSEC_PER_SEC + HZ / 2) / HZ);
+#endif
+}
+
#if (BITS_PER_LONG < 64)
u64 get_jiffies_64(void)
{