Re: [PATCH] leds: qcom-lpg: Fix PWM period limits

From: Caleb Connolly
Date: Mon May 15 2023 - 11:39:58 EST




On 15/05/2023 02:20, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 10:09:49AM +0000, Caleb Connolly wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 12/05/2023 16:55, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
>>> The introduction of high resolution PWM support moved the parenthesis of
>>> the divisions in the calculation of min and max period. The result in
>>> both divisions is in most cases truncation to 0, which limits the period
>>> to the range of [0, 0].
>>
>> Huh, TIL C gives multiplication and division the same precedence when
>> deciding order of operations.
>
> There where no explicit parenthesis in the original implementation. So
> I guess it would be more correct to state that parenthesis was
> introduced around part of the expression?

It might be clearer just to say the div64_u64 changed the order of
operations.
>
> Let me know if you think the wording matters and you would prefer me to
> rewrite it.

Yeah, that would be appreciated

Thanks
>
> Regards,
> Bjorn
>
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Kind Regards,
Caleb (they/them)