[PATCH 04/10] clocksource: Add max_cycles to clocksource structure

[John Stultz]

In order to facilitate some clocksource validation,
add a max_cycles entry to the structure which will
hold the maximum cycle value that can safely be
multiplied without potentially causing an overflow.

Cc: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/clocksource.h |  5 +++--
 kernel/time/clocksource.c   | 15 ++++++++++++---
 kernel/time/sched_clock.c   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index abcafaa..9b54cb9 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ struct clocksource {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
 	struct arch_clocksource_data archdata;
 #endif
-
+	u64 max_cycles;
 	const char *name;
 	struct list_head list;
 	int rating;
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ extern struct clocksource * __init clocksource_default_clock(void);
 extern void clocksource_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs);
 
 extern u64
-clocks_calc_max_nsecs(u32 mult, u32 shift, u32 maxadj, u64 mask);
+clocks_calc_max_nsecs(u32 mult, u32 shift, u32 maxadj, u64 mask,
+							u64 *max_cycles);
 extern void
 clocks_calc_mult_shift(u32 *mult, u32 *shift, u32 from, u32 to, u32 minsec);
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 0696559..c2f8639 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -545,11 +545,14 @@ static u32 clocksource_max_adjustment(struct clocksource *cs)
  * @shift:	cycle to nanosecond divisor (power of two)
  * @maxadj:	maximum adjustment value to mult (~11%)
  * @mask:	bitmask for two's complement subtraction of non 64 bit counters
+ * @max_cyc:    maximum cycle value before potential overflow (does not include
+ *		any saftey margin)
  *
  * NOTE: This function includes a saftey margin of 50%, so that bad clock values
  * can be detected.
  */
-u64 clocks_calc_max_nsecs(u32 mult, u32 shift, u32 maxadj, u64 mask)
+u64 clocks_calc_max_nsecs(u32 mult, u32 shift, u32 maxadj, u64 mask,
+								u64 *max_cyc)
 {
 	u64 max_nsecs, max_cycles;
 
@@ -569,6 +572,10 @@ u64 clocks_calc_max_nsecs(u32 mult, u32 shift, u32 maxadj, u64 mask)
 	max_cycles = min(max_cycles, mask);
 	max_nsecs = clocksource_cyc2ns(max_cycles, mult - maxadj, shift);
 
+	/* return the max_cycles value as well if requested */
+	if (max_cyc)
+		*max_cyc = max_cycles;
+
 	/* Return 50% of the actual maximum, so we can detect bad values */
 	max_nsecs >>= 1;
 
@@ -747,7 +754,8 @@ void __clocksource_updatefreq_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq)
 	}
 
 	cs->max_idle_ns = clocks_calc_max_nsecs(cs->mult, cs->shift,
-						 cs->maxadj, cs->mask);
+						 cs->maxadj, cs->mask,
+						 &cs->max_cycles);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__clocksource_updatefreq_scale);
 
@@ -795,7 +803,8 @@ int clocksource_register(struct clocksource *cs)
 
 	/* calculate max idle time permitted for this clocksource */
 	cs->max_idle_ns = clocks_calc_max_nsecs(cs->mult, cs->shift,
-						 cs->maxadj, cs->mask);
+						 cs->maxadj, cs->mask,
+						 &cs->max_cycles);
 
 	mutex_lock(&clocksource_mutex);
 	clocksource_enqueue(cs);
diff --git a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
index c794b84..2910f00 100644
--- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void __init sched_clock_register(u64 (*read)(void), int bits,
 	new_mask = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(bits);
 
 	/* calculate how many ns until we risk wrapping */
-	wrap = clocks_calc_max_nsecs(new_mult, new_shift, 0, new_mask);
+	wrap = clocks_calc_max_nsecs(new_mult, new_shift, 0, new_mask, 0);
 	new_wrap_kt = ns_to_ktime(wrap);
 
 	/* update epoch for new counter and update epoch_ns from old counter*/
-- 
1.9.1

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