Re: [PATCH 2/5] tracing: Add division and multiplication support for hist triggers

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On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 1:45 PM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:52:46 +0000
> Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > +static u64 hist_field_div(struct hist_field *hist_field,
> > +                        struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
> > +                        struct trace_buffer *buffer,
> > +                        struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
> > +                        void *event)
> > +{
> > +     struct hist_field *operand1 = hist_field->operands[0];
> > +     struct hist_field *operand2 = hist_field->operands[1];
> > +
> > +     u64 val1 = operand1->fn(operand1, elt, buffer, rbe, event);
> > +     u64 val2 = operand2->fn(operand2, elt, buffer, rbe, event);
> > +
> > +     /* Return -1 for the undefined case */
> > +     if (!val2)
> > +             return -1;
> > +
> > +     return val1 / val2;
>
> This wont work on x86 32 bit machines, as u64 division will trigger
> floating point arithmetic by the compiler, and cause a fault.

Thanks for catching this. I'll address it in the next version.

- Kalesh

>
> You'll need to use one of the div64() helpers.
>
> -- Steve
>
>
> > +}
> > +



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