Re: [PATCH -next v2] ethernet: renesas: Use div64_ul instead of do_div

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Thu Nov 18 2021 - 03:40:02 EST


Hi Yang,

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 4:13 AM Yang Li <yang.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> do_div() does a 64-by-32 division. Here the divisor is an
> unsigned long which on some platforms is 64 bit wide. So use
> div64_ul instead of do_div to avoid a possible truncation.
>
> Eliminate the following coccicheck warning:
> ./drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c:2492:1-7: WARNING:
> do_div() does a 64-by-32 division, please consider using div64_ul instead.
>
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> @@ -2489,7 +2489,7 @@ static int ravb_set_gti(struct net_device *ndev)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> inc = 1000000000ULL << 20;
> - do_div(inc, rate);
> + inc = div64_ul(inc, rate);
>
> if (inc < GTI_TIV_MIN || inc > GTI_TIV_MAX) {
> dev_err(dev, "gti.tiv increment 0x%llx is outside the range 0x%x - 0x%x\n",

Please also replace

#include <asm/div64.h>

by

#include <linux/math64.h>

With that added:

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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