- * calculate the expiry time for the next timer wheel
- * timer
- */
- expires = ktime_add_ns(last_update, tick_period.tv64 *
- delta_jiffies);
+ * calculate the expiry time for the next timer wheel
+ * timer. delta_jiffies >= NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA signals
+ * that there is no timer pending or at least extremely
+ * far into the future (12 days for HZ=1000). In this
+ * case we set the expiry to the end of time.
+ */
+ if (likely(delta_jiffies < NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA)) {
+ /*
+ * Calculate the time delta for the next timer event.
+ * If the time delta exceeds the maximum time delta
+ * permitted by the current clocksource then adjust
+ * the time delta accordingly to ensure the
+ * clocksource does not wrap.
+ */
+ time_delta = min_t(u64, time_delta,
+ tick_period.tv64 * delta_jiffies);
+ expires = ktime_add_ns(last_update, time_delta);
+ } else {
+ expires.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
+ }