Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: fix 64-bit division

From: Luca Coelho
Date: Tue Mar 05 2019 - 06:46:37 EST


On Tue, 2019-03-05 at 13:11 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > do_div() expects unsigned operands and otherwise triggers a warning
> > like:
> >
> > drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ftm-initiator.c:465:2:
> > error: comparison of distinct pointer types ('typeof ((rtt_avg)) *'
> > (aka 'long long *') and 'uint64_t *' (aka 'unsigned long long *'))
> > [-Werror,-Wcompare-distinct-pointer-types]
> > do_div(rtt_avg, 6666);
> > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > include/asm-generic/div64.h:222:28: note: expanded from macro
> > 'do_div'
> > (void)(((typeof((n)) *)0) == ((uint64_t *)0)); \
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 1 error generated.
> >
> > Change the do_div() to the simpler div_s64() that can handle
> > negative inputs correctly.
> >
> > Fixes: 937b10c0de68 ("iwlwifi: mvm: add debug prints for FTM")
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Luca, can I take this directly?

Yeah, I guess to make things simpler, and since you're planning to send
fixes to 5.1 already anyway, you can just take this one. I'll assign
it to you in patchwork.

Arnd, this way you'll get it earlier. ;)

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Cheers,
Luca.