I have created a Smatch check to warn about code like this: drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda10048.c:345 tda10048_set_wref() warn: unnecessary div64_u64(): divisor = '0-u32max' regards, dan carpenter /* * Copyright 2024 Linaro Ltd. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt */ #include "smatch.h" #include "smatch_extra.h" static int my_id; static const sval_t uint_max = { .type = &uint_ctype, .value = UINT_MAX }; static void match_div64_u64(struct expression *expr) { struct range_list *rl; get_real_absolute_rl(expr, &rl); if (sval_cmp(rl_max(rl), uint_max) > 0) return; sm_warning("unnecessary div64_u64(): divisor = '%s'", show_rl(rl)); } void check_unnecessary_div64_u64(int id) { my_id = id; if (option_project != PROJ_KERNEL) return; add_param_key_expr_hook("div64_u64", match_div64_u64, 1, "$", NULL); }