linux-kernel - 64-bit modulus operation in a 32-bit kernel

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1204241347490.1511-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:50:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: 64-bit modulus operation in a 32-bit kernel

I need to compute the remainder when a 64-bit quantity is divided by a 
small value (126 in this case).  The % operator doesn't work in an 
x86/32 kernel.  What's the Right Way to do it?

Alan Stern

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