linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] media: uvcvideo: Fix negative modulus calculation

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Message-ID: <CANiDSCuxytDTC73Ni51h9v7yCZ46D5489fvt0Hy0ugcm=jcKRQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:29:03 +0100
From: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>, Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "hn.chen" <hn.chen@...plusit.com>, 
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] media: uvcvideo: Fix negative modulus calculation

Hi Laurent

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 at 10:19, Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 11:50:48PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 04:07:12PM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> > > On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 at 11:40, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 11:28:03AM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 at 23:59, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 02:30:12PM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> > > > > > > If head is 0, last will be addressing the index 0 instead of clock->size
> > > > > > > -1. Luckily clock->head is unsiged, otherwise it would be addressing
> > > > > > > 0xffffffff.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm not following you. In the expression
> > > > > >
> > > > > >         (clock->head - 1) % clock->size
> > > > > >
> > > > > > clock->head is an unsigned int, and 1 as a signed int, so the result of
> > > > > > the subtraction is promoted to an unsigned int. When clock->head is 0, the expression evaluates to
> > > > > >
> > > > > >         0xffffffff % clock->size
> > > > > >
> > > > > > clock->size is a power of two (hardcoded to 32 at the moment), so the
> > > > > > expression evaluates to 31, as intended.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Am I missing something ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Take a look to: https://godbolt.org/z/xYeqTx6ba
> > > > >
> > > > > The expression only works because the size is a power of two. In this
> > > > > set I am allowing sizes that are not powers of two.
> > > >
> > > > Could you then update the commit message to explain that ?
> > > >
> > > > I'll review the rest of the series this week.
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Will update with the following text after the review:
> > >
> > > The tail of the list lives at the position before the head. This is
> > > mathematically noted as
> > > ```
> > > (head-1)  mod size.
> > > ```
> > >
> > > Unfortunately C, does not have a modulus operator, but a remainder
> > > operator (%).
> > > The reminder operation has a different result than the modulus if
> > > (head -1) is a negative number and size is not a power of two.
> > >
> > > Adding size to (head-1) allows the code to run with any value of size.
> >
> > Could you please add
> >
> > This does not change the current behaviour of the driver, as the size is
> > always a power of two, but prepares for reworks that will change the
> > size to a non power of two.
> >
> > or something similar ?
> >
> > > > > > > Nontheless, this is not the intented behaviour and should be fixed.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Fixes: 66847ef013cc ("[media] uvcvideo: Add UVC timestamps support")
> >
> > I think this should be dropped, the patch doesn't fix an issue, but
> > prepares for further changes that add new features. I'd also like to
> > update the commit message to avoid stating "Fix", to avoid this being
> > picked for stable kernels automatically.
>
> After reviewing the whole series, it seems that clock->size stays at its
> current value of 32. Do we thus need this patch ?

I remember that at some point, when I changed the size, it had been
really painful to figure out why the code was not working.

I'd rather keep this patch with a different commit message.

"""
This does not change the current behaviour of the driver, as the size is
always a power of two, but avoid tedious debugging if we ever change its size.
"""

WDYT?


>
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >  drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 2 +-
> > > > > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> > > > > > > index d4b023d4de7c..4ff4ab4471fe 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> > > > > > > @@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ void uvc_video_clock_update(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
> > > > > > >               goto done;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >       first = &clock->samples[clock->head];
> > > > > > > -     last = &clock->samples[(clock->head - 1) % clock->size];
> > > > > > > +     last = &clock->samples[(clock->head - 1 + clock->size) % clock->size];
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >       /* First step, PTS to SOF conversion. */
> > > > > > >       delta_stc = buf->pts - (1UL << 31);
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Laurent Pinchart



-- 
Ricardo Ribalda