Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] iio:core: fix IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL sign handling

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On 02/09/16 19:27, Gregor Boirie wrote:
> 7985e7c100 ("iio: Introduce a new fractional value type") introduced a
> new IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL value type meant to represent rational type numbers
> expressed by a numerator and denominator combination.
> 
> Formating of IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL values relies upon do_div() usage. This
> fails handling negative values properly since parameters are reevaluated
> as unsigned values.
> Fix this by using div_s64_rem() instead. Computed integer part will carry
> properly signed value. Formatted fractional part will always be positive.
> 
> Fixes: 7985e7c100 ("iio: Introduce a new fractional value type")
> Signed-off-by: Gregor Boirie <gregor.boirie@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Gregor,

While this looks sensible to me, I always gain an almighty headache when
I hit the various divide functions.

Lars, the fractional code was yours in the first place.
If you have time can you sanity check this please.

Jonathan

> ---
>  drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> index f914d5d..d2b8899 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> @@ -613,9 +613,8 @@ ssize_t iio_format_value(char *buf, unsigned int type, int size, int *vals)
>  			return sprintf(buf, "%d.%09u\n", vals[0], vals[1]);
>  	case IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL:
>  		tmp = div_s64((s64)vals[0] * 1000000000LL, vals[1]);
> -		vals[1] = do_div(tmp, 1000000000LL);
> -		vals[0] = tmp;
> -		return sprintf(buf, "%d.%09u\n", vals[0], vals[1]);
> +		vals[0] = (int)div_s64_rem(tmp, 1000000000, &vals[1]);
> +		return sprintf(buf, "%d.%09u\n", vals[0], abs(vals[1]));
>  	case IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL_LOG2:
>  		tmp = (s64)vals[0] * 1000000000LL >> vals[1];
>  		vals[1] = do_div(tmp, 1000000000LL);
> 

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