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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
index fa7b9176b76c..431793e5d484 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@ extern int no_timer_check;
* (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
*
* -johnstul@us.ibm.com "math is hard, lets go shopping!"
+ *
+ * In:
+ *
+ * ns = cycles * cyc2ns_scale / SC
+ *
+ * Although we may still have enough bits to store the value of ns,
+ * in some cases, we may not have enough bits to store cycles * cyc2ns_scale,
+ * leading to an incorrect result.
+ *
+ * To avoid this, we can decompose 'cycles' into quotient and remainder
+ * of division by SC. Then,
+ *
+ * ns = (quot * SC + rem) * cyc2ns_scale / SC
+ * = quot * cyc2ns_scale + (rem * cyc2ns_scale) / SC
+ *
+ * - sqazi@google.com
*/
DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cyc2ns);
@@ -41,9 +57,14 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long long, cyc2ns_offset);
static inline unsigned long long __cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
{
+ unsigned long long quot;
+ unsigned long long rem;
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
unsigned long long ns = per_cpu(cyc2ns_offset, cpu);
- ns += cyc * per_cpu(cyc2ns, cpu) >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR;
+ quot = (cyc >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR);
+ rem = cyc & ((1ULL << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR) - 1);
+ ns += quot * per_cpu(cyc2ns, cpu) +
+ ((rem * per_cpu(cyc2ns, cpu)) >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR);
return ns;
}