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3w-9xxx: use boottime to compare time

PATCH New Abhilash Jindal 1 participant 1 message Feb 1, 2016

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PATCH 1/1 3w-9xxx: use boottime to compare time

Wall time is susceptible to sudden jumps due to user setting the time or due to NTP. Boot time is constantly increasing time better suited for subtracting two timestamps.

---
 drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c |   13 ++++++-------
 drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.h |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c +6 -7
index a56a7b2..12e9141 100644
@@ -651,8 +651,7 @@ static long twa_chrdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long
 	TW_Command_Full *full_command_packet;
 	TW_Compatibility_Info *tw_compat_info;
 	TW_Event *event;
-	struct timeval current_time;
-	u32 current_time_ms;
+	ktime_t current_time;
 	TW_Device_Extension *tw_dev = twa_device_extension_list[iminor(inode)];
 	int retval = TW_IOCTL_ERROR_OS_EFAULT;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
@@ -843,17 +842,17 @@ static long twa_chrdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long
 		break;
 	case TW_IOCTL_GET_LOCK:
 		tw_lock = (TW_Lock *)tw_ioctl->data_buffer;
-		do_gettimeofday(&current_time);
-		current_time_ms = (current_time.tv_sec * 1000) + (current_time.tv_usec / 1000);
+		current_time = ktime_get_boottime();
 
-		if ((tw_lock->force_flag == 1) || (tw_dev->ioctl_sem_lock == 0) || (current_time_ms >= tw_dev->ioctl_msec)) {
+		if ((tw_lock->force_flag == 1) || (tw_dev->ioctl_sem_lock == 0) 
+			|| (ktime_compare(current_time, tw_dev->ioctl_time) >= 0)) {
 			tw_dev->ioctl_sem_lock = 1;
-			tw_dev->ioctl_msec = current_time_ms + tw_lock->timeout_msec;
+			tw_dev->ioctl_time = ktime_add_ms(current_time, tw_lock->timeout_msec);
 			tw_ioctl->driver_command.status = 0;
 			tw_lock->time_remaining_msec = tw_lock->timeout_msec;
 		} else {
 			tw_ioctl->driver_command.status = TW_IOCTL_ERROR_STATUS_LOCKED;
-			tw_lock->time_remaining_msec = tw_dev->ioctl_msec - current_time_ms;
+			tw_lock->time_remaining_msec = ktime_to_ms(ktime_sub(tw_dev->ioctl_time, current_time));
 		}
 		break;
 	case TW_IOCTL_RELEASE_LOCK:
drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.h +1 -1
index 0fdc83c..6f5d7e3 100644
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ typedef struct TAG_TW_Device_Extension {
 	unsigned char		event_queue_wrapped;
 	unsigned int            error_sequence_id;
 	int                     ioctl_sem_lock;
-	u32                     ioctl_msec;
+	ktime_t                 ioctl_time;
 	int			chrdev_request_id;
 	wait_queue_head_t	ioctl_wqueue;
 	struct mutex		ioctl_lock;
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