It is possible for "limit - setpoint + 1" to equal zero, leading to a divide by zero error. Blindly adding 1 to "limit - setpoint" is not working, so we need to actually test the divisor before calling div64. Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- mm/page-writeback.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index ef41349..2682516 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -597,11 +597,16 @@ static inline long long pos_ratio_polynom(unsigned long setpoint, unsigned long dirty, unsigned long limit) { + unsigned int divisor; long long pos_ratio; long x; + divisor = limit - setpoint; + if (!divisor) + divisor = 1; + x = div_s64(((s64)setpoint - (s64)dirty) << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT, - limit - setpoint + 1); + divisor); pos_ratio = x; pos_ratio = pos_ratio * x >> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT; pos_ratio = pos_ratio * x >> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT; -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>