[PATCH v3] linux/kernel.h: Fix DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST to support negative operands

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Thu Aug 30 2012 - 20:10:27 EST


DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST returns a bad result for dividends with different sign:
DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(-2, 2) = 0

Most of the time this does not matter. However, in the hardware monitoring
subsystem, DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST is sometimes used on integers which can be
negative (such as temperatures).

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: Instead of adding a new macro, fix DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST.
This version works for negative dividend and divisor.

v2: v1 did not work if typeof(divisor) was an unsigned variable type
(which can obviously not be negative).
Rework to revert to DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST if the dividend is unsigned,
or if it is signed but non-negative.

include/linux/kernel.h | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 6043821..4b180de 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -84,8 +84,11 @@
)
#define DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(x, divisor)( \
{ \
- typeof(divisor) __divisor = divisor; \
- (((x) + ((__divisor) / 2)) / (__divisor)); \
+ typeof(x) __x = x; \
+ typeof(divisor) __d = divisor; \
+ ((__x) < 0) == ((__d) < 0) ? \
+ (((__x) + ((__d) / 2)) / (__d)) : \
+ (((__x) - ((__d) / 2)) / (__d)); \
} \
)

--
1.7.9.7

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