[PATCH 3.2 03/67] timerfd: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Tue Feb 23 2016 - 16:44:59 EST


3.2.78-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit b62526ed11a1fe3861ab98d40b7fdab8981d788a upstream.

Helge reported that a relative timer can return a remaining time larger than
the programmed relative time on parisc and other architectures which have
CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES set. This happens because we add a jiffie to the resulting
expiry time to prevent short timeouts.

Use the new function hrtimer_expires_remaining_adjusted() to calculate the
remaining time. It takes that extra added time into account for relative
timers.

Reported-and-tested-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-m68k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160114164159.354500742@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/timerfd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static ktime_t timerfd_get_remaining(str
{
ktime_t remaining;

- remaining = hrtimer_expires_remaining(&ctx->tmr);
+ remaining = hrtimer_expires_remaining_adjusted(&ctx->tmr);
return remaining.tv64 < 0 ? ktime_set(0, 0): remaining;
}