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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index f22f8ae13..f5bdb1b50 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -805,9 +805,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mod_timer_pending);
* Algorithm:
* 1) calculate the maximum (absolute) time
* 2) calculate the highest bit where the expires and new max are different
- * 3) use this bit to make a mask
- * 4) use the bitmask to round down the maximum time, so that all last
- * bits are zeros
+ * 3) round down the maximum time, so that all the lower bits are zeros
*/
static inline
unsigned long apply_slack(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
@@ -831,9 +829,8 @@ unsigned long apply_slack(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
bit = find_last_bit(&mask, BITS_PER_LONG);
- mask = (1UL << bit) - 1;
-
- expires_limit = expires_limit & ~(mask);
+ /* Round down by zero-ing the lower bits */
+ expires_limit = (expires_limit >> bit) << bit;
return expires_limit;
}