On Mon, 11 Jul 2016, Nicolai Stange wrote:
> > +   raw = ((u64)interval >> 32) * raw_mult; /* Upper half of interval */
> > +   if (raw >> 32)
> > +           return KTIME_MAX;
> > +   raw <<= 32;
> > +   tmp = ((u64)interval & U32_MAX) * raw_mult; /* Lower half of interval */
> > +   if (U64_MAX - raw < tmp)
> > +           return KTIME_MAX;
> > +   raw += tmp;
> > +
> > +   /* Finally, do raw /= mono_mult with proper rounding. */
> > +   if (U64_MAX - raw < mono_mult / 2)
> > +           return KTIME_MAX;
> > +   raw += mono_mult / 2;
> > +   do_div(raw, mono_mult);
> > +
> > +   return (s64)raw;

That's a complete insanity. No way that we are going to do all this math in
the CE programming path.

If you want to address the issue, then you need to find a way to adjust the
mult/shift factors of the clock event device occasionally.

Thanks,

        tglx

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