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diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index b54e4646cee7..566257d1dc10 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -112,27 +112,8 @@ timer_set_base(struct timer_list *timer, struct tvec_base *new_base)
112 tbase_get_deferrable(timer->base)); 112 tbase_get_deferrable(timer->base));
113} 113}
114 114
115/** 115static unsigned long round_jiffies_common(unsigned long j, int cpu,
116 * __round_jiffies - function to round jiffies to a full second 116 bool force_up)
117 * @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
118 * @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
119 *
120 * __round_jiffies() rounds an absolute time in the future (in jiffies)
121 * up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
122 * for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
123 * they fire approximately every X seconds.
124 *
125 * By rounding these timers to whole seconds, all such timers will fire
126 * at the same time, rather than at various times spread out. The goal
127 * of this is to have the CPU wake up less, which saves power.
128 *
129 * The exact rounding is skewed for each processor to avoid all
130 * processors firing at the exact same time, which could lead
131 * to lock contention or spurious cache line bouncing.
132 *
133 * The return value is the rounded version of the @j parameter.
134 */
135unsigned long __round_jiffies(unsigned long j, int cpu)
136{ 117{
137 int rem; 118 int rem;
138 unsigned long original = j; 119 unsigned long original = j;
@@ -154,8 +135,9 @@ unsigned long __round_jiffies(unsigned long j, int cpu)
154 * due to delays of the timer irq, long irq off times etc etc) then 135 * due to delays of the timer irq, long irq off times etc etc) then
155 * we should round down to the whole second, not up. Use 1/4th second 136 * we should round down to the whole second, not up. Use 1/4th second
156 * as cutoff for this rounding as an extreme upper bound for this. 137 * as cutoff for this rounding as an extreme upper bound for this.
138 * But never round down if @force_up is set.
157 */ 139 */
158 if (rem < HZ/4) /* round down */ 140 if (rem < HZ/4 && !force_up) /* round down */
159 j = j - rem; 141 j = j - rem;
160 else /* round up */ 142 else /* round up */
161 j = j - rem + HZ; 143 j = j - rem + HZ;
@@ -167,6 +149,31 @@ unsigned long __round_jiffies(unsigned long j, int cpu)
167 return original; 149 return original;
168 return j; 150 return j;
169} 151}
152
153/**
154 * __round_jiffies - function to round jiffies to a full second
155 * @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
156 * @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
157 *
158 * __round_jiffies() rounds an absolute time in the future (in jiffies)
159 * up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
160 * for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
161 * they fire approximately every X seconds.
162 *
163 * By rounding these timers to whole seconds, all such timers will fire
164 * at the same time, rather than at various times spread out. The goal
165 * of this is to have the CPU wake up less, which saves power.
166 *
167 * The exact rounding is skewed for each processor to avoid all
168 * processors firing at the exact same time, which could lead
169 * to lock contention or spurious cache line bouncing.
170 *
171 * The return value is the rounded version of the @j parameter.
172 */
173unsigned long __round_jiffies(unsigned long j, int cpu)
174{
175 return round_jiffies_common(j, cpu, false);
176}
170EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies); 177EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies);
171 178
172/** 179/**
@@ -191,13 +198,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies);
191 */ 198 */
192unsigned long __round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j, int cpu) 199unsigned long __round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j, int cpu)
193{ 200{
194 /* 201 unsigned long j0 = jiffies;
195 * In theory the following code can skip a jiffy in case jiffies 202
196 * increments right between the addition and the later subtraction. 203 /* Use j0 because jiffies might change while we run */
197 * However since the entire point of this function is to use approximate 204 return round_jiffies_common(j + j0, cpu, false) - j0;
198 * timeouts, it's entirely ok to not handle that.
199 */
200 return __round_jiffies(j + jiffies, cpu) - jiffies;
201} 205}
202EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies_relative); 206EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies_relative);
203 207
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies_relative);
218 */ 222 */
219unsigned long round_jiffies(unsigned long j) 223unsigned long round_jiffies(unsigned long j)
220{ 224{
221 return __round_jiffies(j, raw_smp_processor_id()); 225 return round_jiffies_common(j, raw_smp_processor_id(), false);
222} 226}
223EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies); 227EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies);
224 228
@@ -243,6 +247,71 @@ unsigned long round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j)
243} 247}
244EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies_relative); 248EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies_relative);
245 249
250/**
251 * __round_jiffies_up - function to round jiffies up to a full second
252 * @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
253 * @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
254 *
255 * This is the same as __round_jiffies() except that it will never
256 * round down. This is useful for timeouts for which the exact time
257 * of firing does not matter too much, as long as they don't fire too
258 * early.
259 */
260unsigned long __round_jiffies_up(unsigned long j, int cpu)
261{
262 return round_jiffies_common(j, cpu, true);
263}
264EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies_up);
265
266/**
267 * __round_jiffies_up_relative - function to round jiffies up to a full second
268 * @j: the time in (relative) jiffies that should be rounded
269 * @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
270 *
271 * This is the same as __round_jiffies_relative() except that it will never
272 * round down. This is useful for timeouts for which the exact time
273 * of firing does not matter too much, as long as they don't fire too
274 * early.
275 */
276unsigned long __round_jiffies_up_relative(unsigned long j, int cpu)
277{
278 unsigned long j0 = jiffies;
279
280 /* Use j0 because jiffies might change while we run */
281 return round_jiffies_common(j + j0, cpu, true) - j0;
282}
283EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies_up_relative);
284
285/**
286 * round_jiffies_up - function to round jiffies up to a full second
287 * @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
288 *
289 * This is the same as round_jiffies() except that it will never
290 * round down. This is useful for timeouts for which the exact time
291 * of firing does not matter too much, as long as they don't fire too
292 * early.
293 */
294unsigned long round_jiffies_up(unsigned long j)
295{
296 return round_jiffies_common(j, raw_smp_processor_id(), true);
297}
298EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies_up);
299
300/**
301 * round_jiffies_up_relative - function to round jiffies up to a full second
302 * @j: the time in (relative) jiffies that should be rounded
303 *
304 * This is the same as round_jiffies_relative() except that it will never
305 * round down. This is useful for timeouts for which the exact time
306 * of firing does not matter too much, as long as they don't fire too
307 * early.
308 */
309unsigned long round_jiffies_up_relative(unsigned long j)
310{
311 return __round_jiffies_up_relative(j, raw_smp_processor_id());
312}
313EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies_up_relative);
314
246 315
247static inline void set_running_timer(struct tvec_base *base, 316static inline void set_running_timer(struct tvec_base *base,
248 struct timer_list *timer) 317 struct timer_list *timer)