Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

Conflicts:

	drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
	net/8021q/vlan_core.c

1 files changed, 99 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 56becf373c58..dbd50fabe4c7 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -112,27 +112,8 @@ timer_set_base(struct timer_list *timer, struct tvec_base *new_base)
 				      tbase_get_deferrable(timer->base));
 }
 
-/**
- * __round_jiffies - function to round jiffies to a full second
- * @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
- * @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
- *
- * __round_jiffies() rounds an absolute time in the future (in jiffies)
- * up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
- * for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
- * they fire approximately every X seconds.
- *
- * By rounding these timers to whole seconds, all such timers will fire
- * at the same time, rather than at various times spread out. The goal
- * of this is to have the CPU wake up less, which saves power.
- *
- * The exact rounding is skewed for each processor to avoid all
- * processors firing at the exact same time, which could lead
- * to lock contention or spurious cache line bouncing.
- *
- * The return value is the rounded version of the @j parameter.
- */
-unsigned long __round_jiffies(unsigned long j, int cpu)
+static unsigned long round_jiffies_common(unsigned long j, int cpu,
+		bool force_up)
 {
 	int rem;
 	unsigned long original = j;
@@ -154,8 +135,9 @@ unsigned long __round_jiffies(unsigned long j, int cpu)
 	 * due to delays of the timer irq, long irq off times etc etc) then
 	 * we should round down to the whole second, not up. Use 1/4th second
 	 * as cutoff for this rounding as an extreme upper bound for this.
+	 * But never round down if @force_up is set.
 	 */
-	if (rem < HZ/4) /* round down */
+	if (rem < HZ/4 && !force_up) /* round down */
 		j = j - rem;
 	else /* round up */
 		j = j - rem + HZ;
@@ -167,6 +149,31 @@ unsigned long __round_jiffies(unsigned long j, int cpu)
 		return original;
 	return j;
 }
+
+/**
+ * __round_jiffies - function to round jiffies to a full second
+ * @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
+ * @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
+ *
+ * __round_jiffies() rounds an absolute time in the future (in jiffies)
+ * up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
+ * for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
+ * they fire approximately every X seconds.
+ *
+ * By rounding these timers to whole seconds, all such timers will fire
+ * at the same time, rather than at various times spread out. The goal
+ * of this is to have the CPU wake up less, which saves power.
+ *
+ * The exact rounding is skewed for each processor to avoid all
+ * processors firing at the exact same time, which could lead
+ * to lock contention or spurious cache line bouncing.
+ *
+ * The return value is the rounded version of the @j parameter.
+ */
+unsigned long __round_jiffies(unsigned long j, int cpu)
+{
+	return round_jiffies_common(j, cpu, false);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies);
 
 /**
@@ -191,13 +198,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies);
  */
 unsigned long __round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j, int cpu)
 {
-	/*
-	 * In theory the following code can skip a jiffy in case jiffies
-	 * increments right between the addition and the later subtraction.
-	 * However since the entire point of this function is to use approximate
-	 * timeouts, it's entirely ok to not handle that.
-	 */
-	return  __round_jiffies(j + jiffies, cpu) - jiffies;
+	unsigned long j0 = jiffies;
+
+	/* Use j0 because jiffies might change while we run */
+	return round_jiffies_common(j + j0, cpu, false) - j0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies_relative);
 
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies_relative);
  */
 unsigned long round_jiffies(unsigned long j)
 {
-	return __round_jiffies(j, raw_smp_processor_id());
+	return round_jiffies_common(j, raw_smp_processor_id(), false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies);
 
@@ -243,6 +247,71 @@ unsigned long round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies_relative);
 
+/**
+ * __round_jiffies_up - function to round jiffies up to a full second
+ * @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
+ * @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
+ *
+ * This is the same as __round_jiffies() except that it will never
+ * round down.  This is useful for timeouts for which the exact time
+ * of firing does not matter too much, as long as they don't fire too
+ * early.
+ */
+unsigned long __round_jiffies_up(unsigned long j, int cpu)
+{
+	return round_jiffies_common(j, cpu, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies_up);
+
+/**
+ * __round_jiffies_up_relative - function to round jiffies up to a full second
+ * @j: the time in (relative) jiffies that should be rounded
+ * @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
+ *
+ * This is the same as __round_jiffies_relative() except that it will never
+ * round down.  This is useful for timeouts for which the exact time
+ * of firing does not matter too much, as long as they don't fire too
+ * early.
+ */
+unsigned long __round_jiffies_up_relative(unsigned long j, int cpu)
+{
+	unsigned long j0 = jiffies;
+
+	/* Use j0 because jiffies might change while we run */
+	return round_jiffies_common(j + j0, cpu, true) - j0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies_up_relative);
+
+/**
+ * round_jiffies_up - function to round jiffies up to a full second
+ * @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
+ *
+ * This is the same as round_jiffies() except that it will never
+ * round down.  This is useful for timeouts for which the exact time
+ * of firing does not matter too much, as long as they don't fire too
+ * early.
+ */
+unsigned long round_jiffies_up(unsigned long j)
+{
+	return round_jiffies_common(j, raw_smp_processor_id(), true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies_up);
+
+/**
+ * round_jiffies_up_relative - function to round jiffies up to a full second
+ * @j: the time in (relative) jiffies that should be rounded
+ *
+ * This is the same as round_jiffies_relative() except that it will never
+ * round down.  This is useful for timeouts for which the exact time
+ * of firing does not matter too much, as long as they don't fire too
+ * early.
+ */
+unsigned long round_jiffies_up_relative(unsigned long j)
+{
+	return __round_jiffies_up_relative(j, raw_smp_processor_id());
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies_up_relative);
+
 
 static inline void set_running_timer(struct tvec_base *base,
 					struct timer_list *timer)