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epoll: epoll_wait() should not use timespec_add_ns()
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commit 95aac7b ("epoll: make epoll_wait() use the hrtimer range
feature") added a performance regression because it uses timespec_add_ns()
with potential very large 'ns' values.

[[email protected]: s/epoll_set_mstimeout/ep_set_mstimeout/, per Davide]
Reported-by: Simon Kirby <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Cc: Shawn Bohrer <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Davide Libenzi <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>		[2.6.37.x]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Eric Dumazet authored and torvalds committed Feb 3, 2011
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16 changes: 13 additions & 3 deletions fs/eventpoll.c
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Expand Up @@ -1114,19 +1114,29 @@ static int ep_send_events(struct eventpoll *ep,
return ep_scan_ready_list(ep, ep_send_events_proc, &esed);
}

static inline struct timespec ep_set_mstimeout(long ms)
{
struct timespec now, ts = {
.tv_sec = ms / MSEC_PER_SEC,
.tv_nsec = NSEC_PER_MSEC * (ms % MSEC_PER_SEC),
};

ktime_get_ts(&now);
return timespec_add_safe(now, ts);
}

static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
int maxevents, long timeout)
{
int res, eavail, timed_out = 0;
unsigned long flags;
long slack;
wait_queue_t wait;
struct timespec end_time;
ktime_t expires, *to = NULL;

if (timeout > 0) {
ktime_get_ts(&end_time);
timespec_add_ns(&end_time, (u64)timeout * NSEC_PER_MSEC);
struct timespec end_time = ep_set_mstimeout(timeout);

slack = select_estimate_accuracy(&end_time);
to = &expires;
*to = timespec_to_ktime(end_time);
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