[PATCH] irda: irda-usb: use msecs_to_jiffies for conversions

From: Nicholas Mc Guire
Date: Tue May 19 2015 - 07:00:38 EST


API compliance scanning with coccinelle flagged:

Converting milliseconds to jiffies by "val * HZ / 1000" is technically
is not a clean solution as it does not handle all corner cases correctly.
By changing the conversion to use msecs_to_jiffies(val) conversion is
correct in all cases.

in the current code:
mod_timer(&self->rx_defer_timer, jiffies + (10 * HZ / 1000));
for HZ < 100 (e.g. CONFIG_HZ == 64|32 in alpha) this effectively results
in no delay at all.

Patch was compile tested for x86_64_defconfig (implies CONFIG_USB_IRDA=m)

Patch is against 4.1-rc4 (localversion-next is -next-20150519)

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c b/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c
index f6c9163..f3e4563 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c
@@ -848,7 +848,9 @@ static void irda_usb_receive(struct urb *urb)
* Jean II */
self->rx_defer_timer.function = irda_usb_rx_defer_expired;
self->rx_defer_timer.data = (unsigned long) urb;
- mod_timer(&self->rx_defer_timer, jiffies + (10 * HZ / 1000));
+ mod_timer(&self->rx_defer_timer,
+ jiffies + (msecs_to_jiffies(10)));
+
return;
}

--
1.7.10.4

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