kvmppc_emulate_dec() uses dec_nsec of type unsigned long and does below calculation: dec_nsec = vcpu->arch.dec; dec_nsec *= 1000; This will truncate if DEC value "vcpu->arch.dec" is greater than 0xffff_ffff/1000. For example : For tb_ticks_per_usec = 4a, we can not set decrementer more than ~58ms. Signed-off-by: Bharat Bhushan <bharat.bhushan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c index 8af3bad..37f41f9 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static bool kvmppc_dec_enabled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) void kvmppc_emulate_dec(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) { - unsigned long dec_nsec; + unsigned long long dec_nsec; pr_debug("mtDEC: %x\n", vcpu->arch.dec); #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void kvmppc_emulate_dec(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer); dec_nsec = vcpu->arch.dec; dec_nsec *= 1000; - dec_nsec /= tb_ticks_per_usec; + do_div(dec_nsec, tb_ticks_per_usec); hrtimer_start(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer, ktime_set(0, dec_nsec), HRTIMER_MODE_REL); vcpu->arch.dec_jiffies = get_tb(); -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm-ppc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html