RE: [PATCH] KVM: x86: replace do_div with div64_ul

From: David Laight
Date: Tue Oct 31 2023 - 05:35:14 EST


From: José Pekkarinen
> Sent: 29 October 2023 09:39
>
> Reported by coccinelle, there is a do_div call that does
> 64-by-32 divisions even in 64bit platforms, this patch will
> move it to div64_ul macro that will decide the correct
> division function for the platform underneath. The output
> the warning follows:
>
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c:1948:1-7: WARNING: do_div() does a 64-by-32 division, please consider using
> div64_ul instead.

That is about the worst message from the coccinelle scripts.
It really ought to ask you to check the domain on the values.

>
> Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 3e977dbbf993..0b90c6ad5091 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ static void start_sw_tscdeadline(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
> guest_tsc = kvm_read_l1_tsc(vcpu, rdtsc());
>
> ns = (tscdeadline - guest_tsc) * 1000000ULL;
> - do_div(ns, this_tsc_khz);
> + div64_ul(ns, this_tsc_khz);

Did you test this?
Hint - you didn't.

David

>
> if (likely(tscdeadline > guest_tsc) &&
> likely(ns > apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)) {
> --
> 2.39.2

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