linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] af_key: Use DIV_ROUND_UP() instead of open-coded equivalent

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Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:35:26 -0400
From:   Kevin Easton <kevin@...rana.org>
To:     Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] af_key: Use DIV_ROUND_UP() instead of open-coded
 equivalent

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 07:59:25AM +0200, Steffen Klassert wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 07:39:16AM -0400, Kevin Easton wrote:
> > Several places use (x + 7) / 8 to convert from a number of bits to a number
> > of bytes.  Replace those with DIV_ROUND_UP(x, 8) instead, for consistency
> > with other parts of the same file.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kevin Easton <kevin@...rana.org>
> 
> Is this a fix or just a cleanup?
> If it is just a cleanup, please resent it based on ipsec-next.

Hi Steffen,

This patch (1/2) is just a cleanup, but it's in preparation for patch 2/2
which is a fix and modifies some of the same lines.

    - Kevin