Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: mvm: Use div64_s64 instead of do_div in iwl_mvm_debug_range_resp

Luciano Coelho
2019-02-21T07:33:40Z

On Wed, 2019-02-20 at 10:56 -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 11:51:34AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 7:22 PM Nathan Chancellor
> > <natechancellor@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ftm-
> > > initiator.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ftm-
> > > initiator.c
> > > index e9822a3ec373..92b22250eb7d 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ftm-initiator.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ftm-initiator.c
> > > @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static void iwl_mvm_debug_range_resp(struct
> > > iwl_mvm *mvm, u8 index,
> > > {
> > > s64 rtt_avg = res->ftm.rtt_avg * 100;
> > >
> > > - do_div(rtt_avg, 6666);
> > > + div64_s64(rtt_avg, 6666);
> >
> > This is wrong: div64_s64 does not modify its argument like
> > do_div(), but
> > it returns the result instead. You also don't want to divide by a
> > 64-bit
> > value when the second argument is a small constant.
> >
> > I think the correct way should be
> >
> > s64 rtt_avg = div_s64(res->ftm.rtt_avg * 100, 6666);
> >
> > If you know that the value is positive, using unsigned types
> > and div_u64() would be slightly faster.
> >
> > Arnd
>
> Thanks for the review and explanation, Arnd.
>
> Luca, could you drop this version so I can resend it?

Sure, please do! I already applied this internally, but I can just fix
it with your new patch and that will be squashed before being sent
upstream, so it will look like your second patch.

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Cheers,
Luca.