linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] pwm: mxs: fix period divider computation

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:13:03 +0100
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:	Gaetan Hug <ghug@...uct.be>
Cc:	linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	shawn.guo@...aro.org, fabio.estevam@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] pwm: mxs: fix period divider computation

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 01:08:12PM +0100, Gaetan Hug wrote:
> The driver computes which clock divider it sould be using from the
> requested period. This computation assumes that the link between the
> register value and the actual divider value is raising 2 to the power of
> the registry value.
> 
>     div = 1 << regvalue
> 
> This is true only for the first 5 values out of 8. Next values are 64,
> 256 and, 1024 - instead of 32, 64, 128.
> This affects only the users requesting a period > 0.04369s.
> 
> Replace the computation with a look-up table.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gaetan Hug <ghug@...uct.be>
> Acked-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/pwm/pwm-mxs.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Applied, though I made some last-minute changes, see below.

> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-mxs.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-mxs.c
> index f75ecb0..c65e183 100644
> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-mxs.c
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-mxs.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
>  #define  PERIOD_CDIV(div)	(((div) & 0x7) << 20)
>  #define  PERIOD_CDIV_MAX	8
>  
> +static unsigned const int cdiv[PERIOD_CDIV_MAX] = {1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 64, 256, 1024};

I turned this into static const unsigned int, which is the more
canonical form and wrapped this over multiple lines so as not to exceed
the 80-character limit.

Thanks,
Thierry

Content of type "application/pgp-signature" skipped