Re: [PATCH] kernel/power/hibernate.c: be sure of 'start' is not bigger than 'stop'

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Apr 21 2014 - 16:09:40 EST


On Mon 2014-04-21 21:40:27, Chen Gang wrote:
> For do_div(), it need 'u64' type, which means the outside must be sure
> of 'start' is not bigger than 'stop', or it will report warning.
>
> The related warning (with allmodconfig for unicore32):
>
> CC kernel/power/hibernate.o
> kernel/power/hibernate.c: In function âswsusp_show_speedâ:
> kernel/power/hibernate.c:237: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx>

> {
> - s64 elapsed_centisecs64;
> + u64 elapsed_centisecs64;
> int centisecs;
> int k;
> int kps;
>
> elapsed_centisecs64 = timeval_to_ns(stop) - timeval_to_ns(start);
> + if ((s64)elapsed_centisecs64 < 0) {
> + printk(KERN_ERR "PM: stop: %llu < start %llu\n",
> + timeval_to_ns(stop), timeval_to_ns(start));
> + return;
> + }
> do_div(elapsed_centisecs64, NSEC_PER_SEC / 100);
> centisecs = elapsed_centisecs64;
> if (centisecs == 0)

Quite a lot of code to shut up warning in mostly debugging
function... is there alternative method of shutting it up? Have you
seen < 0 values in wild? Is it worth handing that situation?
Pavel
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