Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (35 commits)
  sched, cputime: Introduce thread_group_times()
  sched, cputime: Cleanups related to task_times()
  Revert "sched, x86: Optimize branch hint in __switch_to()"
  sched: Fix isolcpus boot option
  sched: Revert 498657a478c60be092208422fefa9c7b248729c2
  sched, time: Define nsecs_to_jiffies()
  sched: Remove task_{u,s,g}time()
  sched: Introduce task_times() to replace task_{u,s}time() pair
  sched: Limit the number of scheduler debug messages
  sched.c: Call debug_show_all_locks() when dumping all tasks
  sched, x86: Optimize branch hint in __switch_to()
  sched: Optimize branch hint in context_switch()
  sched: Optimize branch hint in pick_next_task_fair()
  sched_feat_write(): Update ppos instead of file->f_pos
  sched: Sched_rt_periodic_timer vs cpu hotplug
  sched, kvm: Fix race condition involving sched_in_preempt_notifers
  sched: More generic WAKE_AFFINE vs select_idle_sibling()
  sched: Cleanup select_task_rq_fair()
  sched: Fix granularity of task_u/stime()
  sched: Fix/add missing update_rq_clock() calls
  ...

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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)
 {