On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 03:40:33AM +0000, cgel.zte@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Changcheng Deng <deng.changcheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> do_div() does a 64-by-32 division. Here the divisor is an unsigned long
> which on some platforms is 64 bit wide. So use div64_ul instead of do_div
> to avoid a possible truncation.
>
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Changcheng Deng <deng.changcheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> block/blk-throttle.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
> index 39bb6e68a9a2..2db635d66617 100644
> --- a/block/blk-throttle.c
> +++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
> @@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ static void throtl_downgrade_check(struct throtl_grp *tg)
>
> if (tg->bps[READ][LIMIT_LOW]) {
> bps = tg->last_bytes_disp[READ] * HZ;
> - do_div(bps, elapsed_time);
> + bps = div64_ul(bps, elapsed_time);
Yeah, the divisor is ulong for whatever reason but the thing is in jiffies.
I have a hard time imagining it overflowing 32bit. I'm not sure how useful
this patch is.
--
tejun
