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yaml
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r: 276369
b: refs/heads/master
c: 4cecf6d
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  276367: d160019
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fccfdc6f0d8c83c854eeb6d93aa158f0e551bd49
+refs/heads/master: 4cecf6d401a01d054afc1e5f605bcbfe553cb9b9

trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h

@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@ extern int no_timer_check;
  *  (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
  *
  *			-johnstul@us.ibm.com "math is hard, lets go shopping!"
+ *
+ * In:
+ *
+ * ns = cycles * cyc2ns_scale / SC
+ *
+ * Although we may still have enough bits to store the value of ns,
+ * in some cases, we may not have enough bits to store cycles * cyc2ns_scale,
+ * leading to an incorrect result.
+ *
+ * To avoid this, we can decompose 'cycles' into quotient and remainder
+ * of division by SC.  Then,
+ *
+ * ns = (quot * SC + rem) * cyc2ns_scale / SC
+ *    = quot * cyc2ns_scale + (rem * cyc2ns_scale) / SC
+ *
+ *			- sqazi@google.com
  */
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cyc2ns);
@@ -41,9 +57,14 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long long, cyc2ns_offset);
 
 static inline unsigned long long __cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
 {
+	unsigned long long quot;
+	unsigned long long rem;
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	unsigned long long ns = per_cpu(cyc2ns_offset, cpu);
-	ns += cyc * per_cpu(cyc2ns, cpu) >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR;
+	quot = (cyc >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR);
+	rem = cyc & ((1ULL << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR) - 1);
+	ns += quot * per_cpu(cyc2ns, cpu) +
+		((rem * per_cpu(cyc2ns, cpu)) >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR);
 	return ns;
 }