From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/page-writeback.c: fix divide by zero in pos_ratio_polynom It is possible for "limit - setpoint + 1" to equal zero, after getting truncated to a 32 bit variable, and resulting in a divide by zero error. Using the fully 64 bit divide functions avoids this problem. It also will cause pos_ratio_polynom() to return the correct value when (setpoint - limit) exceeds 2^32. Also uninline pos_ratio_polynom, at Andrew's request. Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Cc: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page-writeback.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/page-writeback.c~mmwriteback-fix-divide-by-zero-in-pos_ratio_polynom mm/page-writeback.c --- a/mm/page-writeback.c~mmwriteback-fix-divide-by-zero-in-pos_ratio_polynom +++ a/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -593,14 +593,14 @@ unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct bac * (5) the closer to setpoint, the smaller |df/dx| (and the reverse) * => fast response on large errors; small oscillation near setpoint */ -static inline long long pos_ratio_polynom(unsigned long setpoint, +static long long pos_ratio_polynom(unsigned long setpoint, unsigned long dirty, unsigned long limit) { long long pos_ratio; long x; - x = div_s64(((s64)setpoint - (s64)dirty) << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT, + x = div64_s64(((s64)setpoint - (s64)dirty) << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT, limit - setpoint + 1); pos_ratio = x; pos_ratio = pos_ratio * x >> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT; @@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ static unsigned long bdi_position_ratio( x_intercept = bdi_setpoint + span; if (bdi_dirty < x_intercept - span / 4) { - pos_ratio = div_u64(pos_ratio * (x_intercept - bdi_dirty), + pos_ratio = div64_u64(pos_ratio * (x_intercept - bdi_dirty), x_intercept - bdi_setpoint + 1); } else pos_ratio /= 4; _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html