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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/clocksource.c15
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 4892352f0e49..2148f413256c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -476,19 +476,10 @@ u64 clocks_calc_max_nsecs(u32 mult, u32 shift, u32 maxadj, u64 mask)
/*
* Calculate the maximum number of cycles that we can pass to the
- * cyc2ns function without overflowing a 64-bit signed result. The
- * maximum number of cycles is equal to ULLONG_MAX/(mult+maxadj)
- * which is equivalent to the below.
- * max_cycles < (2^63)/(mult + maxadj)
- * max_cycles < 2^(log2((2^63)/(mult + maxadj)))
- * max_cycles < 2^(log2(2^63) - log2(mult + maxadj))
- * max_cycles < 2^(63 - log2(mult + maxadj))
- * max_cycles < 1 << (63 - log2(mult + maxadj))
- * Please note that we add 1 to the result of the log2 to account for
- * any rounding errors, ensure the above inequality is satisfied and
- * no overflow will occur.
+ * cyc2ns() function without overflowing a 64-bit result.
*/
- max_cycles = 1ULL << (63 - (ilog2(mult + maxadj) + 1));
+ max_cycles = ULLONG_MAX;
+ do_div(max_cycles, mult+maxadj);
/*
* The actual maximum number of cycles we can defer the clocksource is