[PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc/mpic_timer: fix convert ticks to time subtraction overflow

Dongsheng Wang dongsheng.wang at freescale.com
Mon Jan 6 16:23:31 EST 2014


From: Wang Dongsheng <dongsheng.wang at freescale.com>

In some cases tmp_sec may be greater than ticks, because in the process
of calculation ticks and tmp_sec will be rounded.

Signed-off-by: Wang Dongsheng <dongsheng.wang at freescale.com>
---
v2:
Add the new patch in v2.

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic_timer.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic_timer.c
index 70dcf9c..9d9b062 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic_timer.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic_timer.c
@@ -97,8 +97,11 @@ static void convert_ticks_to_time(struct timer_group_priv *priv,
 	time->tv_sec = (__kernel_time_t)div_u64(ticks, priv->timerfreq);
 	tmp_sec = (u64)time->tv_sec * (u64)priv->timerfreq;
 
-	time->tv_usec = (__kernel_suseconds_t)
-		div_u64((ticks - tmp_sec) * 1000000, priv->timerfreq);
+	time->tv_usec = 0;
+
+	if (tmp_sec <= ticks)
+		time->tv_usec = (__kernel_suseconds_t)
+			div_u64((ticks - tmp_sec) * 1000000, priv->timerfreq);
 
 	return;
 }
-- 
1.8.5




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