linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ASoC: sgtl5000: avoid division by zero if lo

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Date:   Thu, 6 Sep 2018 14:58:14 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@....com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: sgtl5000: avoid division by zero if lo_vag is zero

On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 11:41:52AM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> In the case where lo_vag <= SGTL5000_LINE_OUT_GND_BASE, lo_vag
> is set to zero and later vol_quot is computed by dividing by
> lo_vag causing a division by zero error.  Fix this by avoiding
> a zero division and set vol_quot to zero in this specific case
> so that the lowest setting for i is correctly set.
> 

This is a very clever patch.  How did you find the bug?

regards,
dan carpenter