RE: [PATCH v5 2/4] clk: vc3: Fix 64 by 64 division

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Hi Andy Shevchenko,

Thanks for the feedback.

> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] clk: vc3: Fix 64 by 64 division
> 
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 11:48:10AM +0100, Biju Das wrote:
> > Fix the below cocci warnings by replacing do_div()->div64_ul() and
> > bound the result with a max value of U16_MAX.
> >
> > cocci warnings:
> > 	drivers/clk/clk-versaclock3.c:404:2-8: WARNING: do_div() does a
> > 	64-by-32 division, please consider using div64_ul instead.
> 
> It's nice, but there is a room for a couple of improvements. See below.

Ok.

> 
> ...
> 
> >  		/* Determine best fractional part, which is 16 bit wide */
> >  		div_frc = rate % *parent_rate;
> >  		div_frc *= BIT(16) - 1;
> > -		do_div(div_frc, *parent_rate);
> >
> > -		vc3->div_frc = (u32)div_frc;
> > +		vc3->div_frc = min_t(u64, div64_ul(div_frc, *parent_rate),
> > +U16_MAX);

Ok, Will send follow up patch using clamp().

vc3->div_frc = clamp(div64_ul(div_frc, *parent_rate), 0, BIT(16) - 1);

Cheers,
Biju

> 
> First of all, as Linus Torvalds pointed out [1] min_t() is often used as a
> shortcut for clamp(). Second one, the BIT(16) - 1 is specifically used as
> the value related to the bits in the hardware and u16 is a software type
> that coincidentially has the same maximum as the above mentioned bitfield.
> 
> That said, here this should be clamped to the [0 .. BIT(16) - 1] range.
> 
> Since the patch is applied perhaps you can cook a followup.
> 
> To everyone the message is simple: try to not use typed version of min()
> and clamp() at all.

> 
> >  		rate = (*parent_rate *
> > -			(vc3->div_int * VC3_2_POW_16 + div_frc) / VC3_2_POW_16);
> > +			(vc3->div_int * VC3_2_POW_16 + vc3->div_frc) /
> VC3_2_POW_16);
> 





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