Re: [PATCH] rust: time: make Delta division and remainder fail consistently
From: Andreas Hindborg
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 15:13:53 EST
"chenhan" <chenhan0017.work@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 64-bit, Delta division and remainder use Rust operators, which panic
> for a zero divisor and for the i64::MIN / -1 overflow case. On 32-bit,
> the C helpers do not provide the same behavior, so the same API calls can
> return architecture-dependent values or emit a divide-by-zero diagnostic.
>
> Check both invalid inputs before selecting the architecture-specific
> implementation. This gives both APIs the same panic conditions as i64's
> `/` and `%` operators and documents them in the public API.
>
> Tested on x86-64 and ARMv7 QEMU with CONFIG_SAMPLE_RUST_REPRO=y: zero
> divisors and i64::MIN / -1 panic for both APIs, while 10 / 3 returns 3
> and 10 % 3 returns 1 on both architectures.
>
> Fixes: 4521438fb076 ("rust: time: Implement basic arithmetic operations for Delta")
> Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1254
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: chenhan <chenhan0017.work@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/time.rs | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time.rs b/rust/kernel/time.rs
> index 6c0a5e8090d0..55c90365ba73 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/time.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/time.rs
> @@ -405,21 +405,65 @@ fn mul_assign(&mut self, rhs: i64) {
> }
> }
>
> +#[inline]
> +fn div_s64_or_panic(dividend: i64, divisor: i64) -> i64 {
> + if divisor == 0 {
> + panic!("attempt to divide by zero");
> + }
> +
> + if dividend == i64::MIN && divisor == -1 {
> + panic!("attempt to divide with overflow");
> + }
> +
> + #[cfg(CONFIG_64BIT)]
> + {
> + dividend / divisor
> + }
> +
> + #[cfg(not(CONFIG_64BIT))]
> + {
> + // SAFETY: `divisor` is non-zero, and both operands are passed by value.
> + unsafe { bindings::div64_s64(dividend, divisor) }
> + }
> +}
> +
> +#[inline]
> +fn rem_s64_or_panic(dividend: i64, divisor: i32) -> i64 {
> + if divisor == 0 {
> + panic!("attempt to calculate the remainder with a divisor of zero");
> + }
> +
> + if dividend == i64::MIN && divisor == -1 {
> + panic!("attempt to calculate the remainder with overflow");
> + }
> +
> + #[cfg(CONFIG_64BIT)]
> + {
> + dividend % i64::from(divisor)
> + }
> +
> + #[cfg(not(CONFIG_64BIT))]
> + {
> + let mut rem = 0;
> +
> + // SAFETY: `rem` points to a local variable and `divisor` is non-zero.
> + unsafe { bindings::div_s64_rem(dividend, divisor, &mut rem) };
> +
> + i64::from(rem)
> + }
> +}
We should probably find a better place for these. How about
rust/kernel/math.rs? Opinions?
Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg