kernel/linux.git/include/linux/jiffies.h, branch v7.0-rc7

time/jiffies: Inline jiffies_to_msecs() and jiffies_to_usecs()

2026-02-11T07:55:52+00:00

For common cases (HZ=100, 250 or 1000), these helpers are at most one multiply, so there is no point calling a tiny function. Keep them out of line for HZ=300 and others. This saves cycles in TCP fast path, among other things. $ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.old vmlinux.new add/remove: 0/8 grow/shrink: 25/89 up/down: 530/-3474 (-2944) ... nla_put_msecs 193 - -193 message_stats_print 2131 920 -1211 Total: Before=25365208, After=25362264, chg -0.01% Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260210170226.57209-1-edumazet@google.com

sysctl: Move proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax to kernel/time/jiffies.c

2025-11-27T14:45:37+00:00

Move proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax to kernel/time/jiffies.c. Create a non static wrapper function proc_doulongvec_minmax_conv that forwards the custom convmul and convdiv argument values to the internal do_proc_doulongvec_minmax. Remove unused linux/times.h include from kernel/sysctl.c. Signed-off-by: Joel Granados

sysctl: Move jiffies converters to kernel/time/jiffies.c

2025-11-27T14:45:37+00:00

Move integer jiffies converters (proc_dointvec{_,_ms_,_userhz_}jiffies and proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax) to kernel/time/jiffies.c. Error stubs for when CONFIG_PRCO_SYSCTL is not defined are not reproduced because all the jiffies converters go through proc_dointvec_conv which is already stubbed. This is part of the greater effort to move sysctl logic out of kernel/sysctl.c thereby reducing merge conflicts in kernel/sysctl.c. Signed-off-by: Joel Granados

jiffies: Remove obsolete SHIFTED_HZ comment

2025-09-03T09:59:28+00:00

b3c869d35b9b ("jiffies: Remove compile time assumptions about CLOCK_TICK_RATE") removed the last definition of SHIFTED_HZ but left behind comments about it. Remove the comments as well. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250825203425.796034-1-helgaas@kernel.org

time/jiffies: Change register_refined_jiffies() to void __init

2025-04-30T07:06:23+00:00

register_refined_jiffies() is only used in setup code and always returns 0. Mark it as __init to save some bytes and change it to void. Signed-off-by: Su Hui Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250430032734.2079290-2-suhui@nfschina.com

jiffies: Cast to unsigned long in secs_to_jiffies() conversion

2025-01-31T08:30:49+00:00

While converting users of msecs_to_jiffies(), lkp reported that some range checks would always be true because of the mismatch between the implied int value of secs_to_jiffies() vs the unsigned long return value of the msecs_to_jiffies() calls it was replacing. Fix this by casting the secs_to_jiffies() input value to unsigned long. Fixes: b35108a51cf7ba ("jiffies: Define secs_to_jiffies()") Reported-by: kernel test robot Signed-off-by: Easwar Hariharan Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250130192701.99626-1-eahariha@linux.microsoft.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202501301334.NB6NszQR-lkp@intel.com/

jiffies: Define secs_to_jiffies()

2024-10-30T18:47:20+00:00

secs_to_jiffies() is defined in hci_event.c and cannot be reused by other call sites. Hoist it into the core code to allow conversion of the ~1150 usages of msecs_to_jiffies() that either: - use a multiplier value of 1000 or equivalently MSEC_PER_SEC, or - have timeouts that are denominated in seconds (i.e. end in 000) It's implemented as a macro to allow usage in static initializers. This will also allow conversion of yet more sites that use (sec * HZ) directly, and improve their readability. Suggested-by: Michael Kelley Signed-off-by: Easwar Hariharan Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Luiz Augusto von Dentz Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241030-open-coded-timeouts-v3-1-9ba123facf88@linux.microsoft.com

time: Fix references to _msecs_to_jiffies() handling of values

2024-10-25T17:50:10+00:00

The details about the handling of the "normal" values were moved to the _msecs_to_jiffies() helpers in commit ca42aaf0c861 ("time: Refactor msecs_to_jiffies"). However, the same commit still mentioned __msecs_to_jiffies() in the added documentation. Thus point to _msecs_to_jiffies() instead. Fixes: ca42aaf0c861 ("time: Refactor msecs_to_jiffies") Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241025110141.157205-2-ojeda@kernel.org

treewide: Fix wrong singular form of jiffies in comments

2024-09-08T18:47:40+00:00

There are several comments all over the place, which uses a wrong singular form of jiffies. Replace 'jiffie' by 'jiffy'. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven # m68k Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240904-devel-anna-maria-b4-timers-flseep-v1-3-e98760256370@linutronix.de

jiffies: Transform comment about time_* functions into DOC block

2024-02-19T08:38:00+00:00

This general note about time_* functions is also useful to be available in kernel documentation. Therefore transform it into a kernel-doc DOC block with proper formatting. Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240123164702.55612-6-anna-maria@linutronix.de