3.2.60-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit d5c9fde3dae750889168807038243ff36431d276 upstream.
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>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2:
Adjust context - pos_ratio_polynom() is not a separate function]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page-writeback.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static unsigned long bdi_position_ratio(
* => fast response on large errors; small oscillation near setpoint
*/
setpoint = (freerun + limit) / 2;
- 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;
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ 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;
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