Re: [RFC][PATCH] Dynamic Tick: Allow 32-bit machines to sleep formorethan2.15 seconds

[Jon Hunter <jon-hunter@ti.com>]

Jon Hunter wrote:
> +	/*
> +	 * If the result overflows, return the max value we can.
> +	 */
> +	if (overflow)
> +		ret = LONG_MAX;
> +	else
> +		ret = (s64)((upper << 32) + lower);
> +
>   	return ret;
>   }

Correction. Should have been LLONG_MAX and not LONG_MAX in the above. 
See below.

Jon


diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index 5a40d14..647f228 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -316,8 +316,32 @@ static inline void clocksource_disable(struct 
clocksource *cs)
   */
  static inline s64 cyc2ns(struct clocksource *cs, cycle_t cycles)
  {
-       u64 ret = (u64)cycles;
-       ret = (ret * cs->mult) >> cs->shift;
+       s64 ret;
+       u64 upper, lower, overflow;
+
+       /*
+        * Split the calculation into two halves to ensure
+        * that we can catch any overflow that may occur.
+        */
+       upper = ((cycles >> 32) * cs->mult) >> cs->shift;
+       lower = ((cycles & 0xFFFFFFFF) * cs->mult) >> cs->shift;
+
+       /*
+        * Check to see if the result will overflow. If
+        * overflow is non-zero then the result is greater
+        * than 63-bits which is the max positive value
+        * for a signed result.
+        */
+       overflow = (upper + (lower >> 32)) >> 31;
+
+       /*
+        * If the result overflows, return the max value we can.
+        */
+       if (overflow)
+               ret = LLONG_MAX;
+       else
+               ret = (s64)((upper << 32) + lower);
+
         return ret;
  }