From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755728Ab1EPXfu (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 May 2011 19:35:50 -0400 Received: from smtp-out.google.com ([216.239.44.51]:62392 "EHLO smtp-out.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752560Ab1EPXfs (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 May 2011 19:35:48 -0400 From: Mandeep Singh Baines To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Mandeep Singh Baines , Marcin Slusarz , Don Zickus , Peter Zijlstra , Frederic Weisbecker , Ingo Molnar Subject: [PATCH 1/4] watchdog: fix rounding issues in get_sample_period() Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 16:34:58 -0700 Message-Id: <1305588901-8141-1-git-send-email-msb@chromium.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.3.1 X-System-Of-Record: true Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In get_sample_period(), softlockup_thresh is integer divided by 5 before the multiplication by NSEC_PER_SEC. This results in softlockup_thresh being rounded down to the nearest integer multiple of 5. For example, a softlockup_thresh of 4 rounds down to 0. Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines Cc: Marcin Slusarz Cc: Don Zickus Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/watchdog.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c index 14733d4..a06972d 100644 --- a/kernel/watchdog.c +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static unsigned long get_sample_period(void) * increment before the hardlockup detector generates * a warning */ - return softlockup_thresh / 5 * NSEC_PER_SEC; + return softlockup_thresh * (NSEC_PER_SEC / 5); } /* Commands for resetting the watchdog */ -- 1.7.3.1