From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> The kernel.h macro DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST performs the computation (x + d/2)/d but is perhaps more readable. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @haskernel@ @@ #include <linux/kernel.h> @depends on haskernel@ expression x,__divisor; @@ - (((x) + ((__divisor) / 2)) / (__divisor)) + DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(x,__divisor) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- arch/arm/mach-ixp2000/core.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ixp2000/core.c b/arch/arm/mach-ixp2000/core.c index babb225..037342b 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp2000/core.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp2000/core.c @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static struct irqaction ixp2000_timer_irq = { void __init ixp2000_init_time(unsigned long tick_rate) { - ticks_per_jiffy = (tick_rate + HZ/2) / HZ; + ticks_per_jiffy = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(tick_rate, HZ); ticks_per_usec = tick_rate / 1000000; /* -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html