The internal clocksteering done for fine-grained error correction uses a logarithmic approximation, so any time adjtimex() adjusts the clock steering, timekeeping_freqadjust() quickly approximates the correct clock frequency over a series of ticks.
Unfortunately, the logic in timekeeping_freqadjust(), introduced in commit dc491596f639438 (Rework frequency adjustments to work better w/ nohz), used the abs() function with a s64 error value to calculate the size of the approximated adjustment to be made. Per include/linux/kernel.h: "abs() should not be used for 64-bit types (s64, u64, long long) - use abs64()". Thus on 32-bit platforms, this resulted in the clocksteering to take a quite dampended random walk trying to converge on the proper frequency, which caused the adjustments to be made much slower then intended (most easily observed when large adjustments are made). This patch fixes the issue by using abs64() instead. Cc: Nuno Gonçalves <[email protected]> Cc: Miroslav Lichvar <[email protected]> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <[email protected]> Cc: Richard Cochran <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> # v3.17+ Reported-by: Nuno Gonçalves <[email protected]> Tested-by: Nuno Goncalves <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <[email protected]> --- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c index f6ee2e6..3739ac6 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c @@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ static __always_inline void timekeeping_freqadjust(struct timekeeper *tk, negative = (tick_error < 0); /* Sort out the magnitude of the correction */ - tick_error = abs(tick_error); + tick_error = abs64(tick_error); for (adj = 0; tick_error > interval; adj++) tick_error >>= 1; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
