Re: [PATCH rdma-next] lib/dim: Prevent overflow in calculation of ratio statistics

[Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 04:11:07PM +0000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 06:47:34PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/lib/dim/dim.c b/lib/dim/dim.c
> > > > index 439d641ec796..38045d6d0538 100644
> > > > +++ b/lib/dim/dim.c
> > > > @@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ void dim_calc_stats(struct dim_sample *start, struct dim_sample *end,
> > > >  					delta_us);
> > > >  	curr_stats->cpms = DIV_ROUND_UP(ncomps * USEC_PER_MSEC, delta_us);
> > > >  	if (curr_stats->epms != 0)
> > > > -		curr_stats->cpe_ratio =
> > > > -				(curr_stats->cpms * 100) / curr_stats->epms;
> > > > +		curr_stats->cpe_ratio = DIV_ROUND_DOWN_ULL(
> > > > +			curr_stats->cpms * 100, curr_stats->epms);
> > >
> > > This will still potentially overfow the 'int' for cpe_ratio if epms <
> > > 100 ?
> >
> > I assumed that assignment to "unsigned long long" will do the trick.
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/include/linux/kernel.h#L94
>
> That only protects the multiply, the result of DIV_ROUND_DOWN_ULL is
> casted to int.

It is ok, the result is "int" and it will be small, 100 in multiply
represents percentage.

Thanks

>
> Jason