linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: af_alg - use DIV_ROUND

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Date:   Wed, 26 May 2021 18:31:37 +1000
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     Wu Bo <wubo40@...wei.com>, linfeilong@...wei.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: af_alg - use DIV_ROUND_UP helper macro for
 calculations

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 10:37:44AM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Wu Bo <wubo40@...wei.com> a écrit :
> 
> > From: Wu Bo <wubo40@...wei.com>
> > 
> > Replace open coded divisor calculations with the DIV_ROUND_UP kernel
> > macro for better readability.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Wu Bo <wubo40@...wei.com>
> > ---
> >  crypto/af_alg.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/crypto/af_alg.c b/crypto/af_alg.c
> > index 18cc82d..8bd288d 100644
> > --- a/crypto/af_alg.c
> > +++ b/crypto/af_alg.c
> > @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ int af_alg_make_sg(struct af_alg_sgl *sgl, struct
> > iov_iter *iter, int len)
> >  	if (n < 0)
> >  		return n;
> > 
> > -	npages = (off + n + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > +	npages = DIV_ROUND_UP(off + n, PAGE_SIZE);
> 
> You should use PFN_UP()

No. We are not using pfns here - we're converting a byte count to a
page count.

Besides, "PFN_UP" is a horrible, awful api. It does not decribe what
it does and anyone who is not a mm developer will look at it and ask
"what <the ....> does this do?" and have to go looking for it's
definition to determine what it does. Yes, that's exactyl what I've
just done, and I really wish I didn't because, well, it just
reinforces how much we suck at APIs...

OTOH, what DIV_ROUND_UP() does is obvious, widely understood, self
documenting and easy to determine if the usage is correct, which
indeed this is.

The lesson: do not use whacky obscure, out of context macros when a
simple, obvious, widely known macro will give the same result and
make the code easier to understand.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com