Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: fix 64-bit division

[Luciano Coelho]

Hi Arnd,

On Mon, 2019-03-04 at 21:38 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> do_div() expects unsigned operands and otherwise triggers a warning
> like:
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ftm-initiator.c:465:2: error:
> comparison of distinct pointer types ('typeof ((rtt_avg)) *' (aka
> 'long long *') and 'uint64_t *' (aka 'unsigned long long *')) [-
> Werror,-Wcompare-distinct-pointer-types]
>         do_div(rtt_avg, 6666);
>         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/asm-generic/div64.h:222:28: note: expanded from macro
> 'do_div'
>         (void)(((typeof((n)) *)0) == ((uint64_t *)0));  \
>                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1 error generated.
> 
> Change the do_div() to the simpler div_s64() that can handle
> negative inputs correctly.
> 
> Fixes: 937b10c0de68 ("iwlwifi: mvm: add debug prints for FTM")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---

This was already fixed with this patch:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10823267/

...but it hasn't reached the mainline yet.

I'm planning to send it to the v5.1-rc series as soon as the merge
window closes.  Is that quick enough for you?

--
Cheers,
Luca.