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     lib/div64.c: document that div64_u64() is not precise on 32bit platforms
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Subject: lib/div64.c: document that div64_u64() is not precise on 32bit platforms
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>

We have a bug report which blames div64_u64() on 32bit platforms.

However, the code obviously doesn't even try to pretend it can do the
64bit division precisely.  If there is something in the high word of
divisor, div64_u64() just shifts both arguments and throws out the low
bits.

Add a small comment to avoid the confusion.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Ben Woodard <bwoodard@llnl.gov>
Cc: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Cc: Mark Grondona <mgrondona@llnl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/div64.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN lib/div64.c~lib-div64c-document-that-div64_u64-is-not-precise-on-32bit-platforms lib/div64.c
--- a/lib/div64.c~lib-div64c-document-that-div64_u64-is-not-precise-on-32bit-platforms
+++ a/lib/div64.c
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ s64 div_s64_rem(s64 dividend, s32 diviso
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(div_s64_rem);
 #endif
 
-/* 64bit divisor, dividend and result. dynamic precision */
+/*
+ * 64bit divisor, dividend and result. Dynamic precision, unless
+ * divisor fits in u32 result is not exactly correct.
+ */
 #ifndef div64_u64
 u64 div64_u64(u64 dividend, u64 divisor)
 {
_

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