Re: [PATCH] ftrace: Avoid potential division by zero in function_stat_show()

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:53:46 +0300
Nikolay Kuratov <kniv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -570,12 +570,12 @@ static int function_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>  		stddev = rec->counter * rec->time_squared -
>  			 rec->time * rec->time;
>  
> +		stddev = div64_ul(stddev, rec->counter * (rec->counter - 1));
>  		/*
>  		 * Divide only 1000 for ns^2 -> us^2 conversion.
>  		 * trace_print_graph_duration will divide 1000 again.
>  		 */
> -		stddev = div64_ul(stddev,
> -				  rec->counter * (rec->counter - 1) * 1000);
> +		stddev = div64_ul(stddev, 1000);
>  	}
>  

Why make it more complex than it needs to be? We can simply have:

	if (rec->counter <= 1) {
		stddev = 0;
	} else {
		unsigned long counter = rec->counter * (rec->counter - 1) * 1000;

		stddev = rec->counter * rec->time_squared -
			 rec->time * rec->time;

		/* Check for overflow */
		stddev = counter > rec->counter ? div64_ul(stddev, counter) : 0;
	}

And be done with it.

I'll make the change and give you a "Reported-by".

Thanks,

-- Steve