Re: [PATCH] staging: pi433: using div64_u64() instead of do_div()

[Dan Carpenter]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 08:15:13PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 21/01/2022 à 14:34, David Laight a écrit :
> > From: Jiapeng Chong
> > > Sent: 21 January 2022 11:50
> > > Subject: [PATCH] staging: pi433: using div64_u64() instead of do_div()
> > > 
> > > Clean the following coccicheck warning:
> > > 
> > > ./drivers/staging/pi433/rf69.c:286:1-7: WARNING: do_div() does a
> > > 64-by-32 division, please consider using div64_u64 instead.
> > 
> > That is one of patchcheck's worse warnings.
> > 
> > You need to check the domain of the divisor, not its type.
> > 
> > do_div() exists to avoid expensive 64bit divides when the
> > divisor is small.
> > 
> > 	David
> > 
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> 
> Moreover, the patch is broken by itself.
> 
> See [1] were it was already reported that do_div() and div64_u64() don't
> have the same calling convention.
> 
> Looks that div64_u64() and div64_ul() works the same way.

We could mark those as __must_check functions.

regards,
dan carpenter