linux-kernel - [RFC/PATCH] linux/kernel.h: Fix DIV_ROUND

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Message-Id: <20161222102217.29011-1-niklas.soderlund+renesas@ragnatech.se>
Date:   Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:22:17 +0100
From:   Niklas Söderlund 
        <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        Niklas Söderlund 
        <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>
Subject: [RFC/PATCH] linux/kernel.h: Fix DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST to support negative divisors

Add support to DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST for negative divisors if both dividend
and divisor variable types are signed. This should not alter current
behavior for users of the macro as previously negative divisors where
not supported.

Before:

DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(  59,  4) =  15
DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(  59, -4) = -14
DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST( -59,  4) = -15
DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST( -59, -4) =  14

After:

DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(  59,  4) =  15
DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(  59, -4) = -15
DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST( -59,  4) = -15
DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST( -59, -4) =  15

Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>
---

Hi,

While working on a thermal driver I encounter a scenario where the 
divisor could be negative, instead of adding local code to handle this I 
though I first try to add support for this in DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST.

Maybe there is a reason why this is not already supported? If so please 
let me know and I can do something locally in the driver and sorry for 
the noise.

 include/linux/kernel.h | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index bc6ed52a39b9..f1b2f7e1b2f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -95,16 +95,18 @@
 )
 
 /*
- * Divide positive or negative dividend by positive divisor and round
- * to closest integer. Result is undefined for negative divisors and
- * for negative dividends if the divisor variable type is unsigned.
+ * Divide positive or negative dividend by positive or negative divisor
+ * and round to closest integer. Result is undefined for negative
+ * divisors if dividends variable type is unsigned and for negative
+ * dividends if the divisor variable type is unsigned.
  */
 #define DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(x, divisor)(			\
 {							\
 	typeof(x) __x = x;				\
 	typeof(divisor) __d = divisor;			\
 	(((typeof(x))-1) > 0 ||				\
-	 ((typeof(divisor))-1) > 0 || (__x) > 0) ?	\
+	 ((typeof(divisor))-1) > 0 ||			\
+	 (((__x) > 0) == ((__d) > 0))) ?		\
 		(((__x) + ((__d) / 2)) / (__d)) :	\
 		(((__x) - ((__d) / 2)) / (__d));	\
 }							\
-- 
2.11.0