posix-timers: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Thu, 14 Jan 2016 16:54:47 +0000 (16:54 +0000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:28:42 +0000 (14:28 +0000)
commit 572c39172684c3711e4a03c9a7380067e2b0661c upstream.

As Helge reported for timerfd we have the same issue in posix timers. We
return remaining time larger than the programmed relative time to user space
in case of CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES=y. Use the proper function to adjust the extra
time added in hrtimer_start_range_ns().

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160114164159.450510905@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
kernel/posix-timers.c

index 02824a5..6766183 100644 (file)
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ common_timer_get(struct k_itimer *timr, struct itimerspec *cur_setting)
            (timr->it_sigev_notify & ~SIGEV_THREAD_ID) == SIGEV_NONE))
                timr->it_overrun += (unsigned int) hrtimer_forward(timer, now, iv);
 
-       remaining = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer), now);
+       remaining = __hrtimer_expires_remaining_adjusted(timer, now);
        /* Return 0 only, when the timer is expired and not pending */
        if (remaining.tv64 <= 0) {
                /*