linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 06/12] pwm: imx27: Use 64-bit division macro and function

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Message-ID: <20200330204359.GB5107@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:43:59 -0700
From:   Guru Das Srinagesh <gurus@...eaurora.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Linux PWM List <linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Subbaraman Narayanamurthy <subbaram@...eaurora.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 06/12] pwm: imx27: Use 64-bit division macro and
 function

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 06:09:39PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 2:42 AM Guru Das Srinagesh <gurus@...eaurora.org> wrote:
> 
> > @@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ static int pwm_imx27_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
> >
> >         period_cycles /= prescale;
> >         c = (unsigned long long)period_cycles * state->duty_cycle;
> > -       do_div(c, state->period);
> > -       duty_cycles = c;
> > +       duty_cycles = div64_u64(c, state->period);
> >
> 
> This change looks fine, but I wonder if the code directly above it
> 
>         c = clk_get_rate(imx->clk_per);
>         c *= state->period;
>         do_div(c, 1000000000);
>         period_cycles = c;
> 
> might run into an overflow when both the clock rate and the period
> are large numbers.

Hmm. Seems to me like addressing this would be outside the scope of this
patch series.

Thank you.

Guru Das.