Re: [PATCH v2] iwlwifi: mvm: Use div_s64 instead of do_div in iwl_mvm_debug_range_resp

Arnd Bergmann
2019-02-22T08:52:44Z

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 1:14 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 12:08 AM Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com> wrote:

> One thing I'm curious about, is "why does do_div exist?" When should I
> use do_div vs div_u64 (not div_s64 as is used in this patch)?

I think do_div() is mostly historic, we've had it since the early days
when C compilers were not as good with inline functions. The various
other versions are regular functions, and I tend to prefer them for new
code, but do_div() is widely known and documented, so I have little
hope of it going away any time soon.

Arnd