From 4ff4b9e19a80b73959ebeb28d1df40176686f0a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:05:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ntp: fix calculation of the next jiffie to trigger RTC sync We have a bug in the calculation of the next jiffie to trigger the RTC synchronisation. The aim here is to run sync_cmos_clock() as close as possible to the middle of a second. Which means we want this function to be called less than or equal to half a jiffie away from when now.tv_nsec equals 5e8 (500000000). If this is not the case for a given call to the function, for this purpose instead of updating the RTC we calculate the offset in nanoseconds to the next point in time where now.tv_nsec will be equal 5e8. The calculated offset is then converted to jiffies as these are the unit used by the timer. Hovewer timespec_to_jiffies() used here uses a ceil()-type rounding mode, where the resulting value is rounded up. As a result the range of now.tv_nsec when the timer will trigger is from 5e8 to 5e8 + TICK_NSEC rather than the desired 5e8 - TICK_NSEC / 2 to 5e8 + TICK_NSEC / 2. As a result if for example sync_cmos_clock() happens to be called at the time when now.tv_nsec is between 5e8 + TICK_NSEC / 2 and 5e8 to 5e8 + TICK_NSEC, it will simply be rescheduled HZ jiffies later, falling in the same range of now.tv_nsec again. Similarly for cases offsetted by an integer multiple of TICK_NSEC. This change addresses the problem by subtracting TICK_NSEC / 2 from the nanosecond offset to the next point in time where now.tv_nsec will be equal 5e8, effectively shifting the following rounding in timespec_to_jiffies() so that it produces a rounded-to-nearest result. Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/time/ntp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c index 5125ddd8196b..1ad46f3df6e7 100644 --- a/kernel/time/ntp.c +++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static void sync_cmos_clock(unsigned long dummy) if (abs(now.tv_nsec - (NSEC_PER_SEC / 2)) <= tick_nsec / 2) fail = update_persistent_clock(now); - next.tv_nsec = (NSEC_PER_SEC / 2) - now.tv_nsec; + next.tv_nsec = (NSEC_PER_SEC / 2) - now.tv_nsec - (TICK_NSEC / 2); if (next.tv_nsec <= 0) next.tv_nsec += NSEC_PER_SEC;