[PATCH v2] staging: rtl8192e: Fix divide fault when calculating beacon age

[PATCH v2] staging: rtl8192e: Fix divide fault when calculating beacon age

[Larry Finger]

When the configuration parameter CONFIG_HZ is less that 100, the compiler
generates an error as follows:

../drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c: In function 'rtl819x_translate_scan':
../drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c:220:57: warning: division by zero [-Wdiv-by-zero]
  220 |      (jiffies - network->last_scanned) / (HZ / 100));
      |                                                         ^
In file included from ../include/linux/skbuff.h:45,
                 from ../include/linux/if_ether.h:19,
                 from ../include/linux/etherdevice.h:20,
                 from ../drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c:18:
../drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c: In function 'rtllib_wx_get_scan':
../drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c:261:70: warning: division by zero [-Wdiv-by-zero]
  261 |      (jiffies - network->last_scanned) /
      |

In fact, is HZ is not a multiple of 100, the calculation will be wrong,
but it will compile correctly.

The fix is to get rid of the (HZ / 100) portion. To decrease any round-off
errors, the compiler is forced to perform the 100 * jiffies-difference
before dividing by HZ. This patch is only compile tested.

Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> # build-tested
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
---
v2 - some commit log lines are shortened
   - add space after * operator
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c
index da2c41c9b92f..217426ee2e92 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static inline char *rtl819x_translate_scan(struct rtllib_device *ieee,
 	p = custom;
 	p += scnprintf(p, MAX_CUSTOM_LEN - (p - custom),
 		      " Last beacon: %lums ago",
-		      (jiffies - network->last_scanned) / (HZ / 100));
+		      (100 * (jiffies - network->last_scanned)) / HZ);
 	iwe.u.data.length = p - custom;
 	if (iwe.u.data.length)
 		start = iwe_stream_add_point_rsl(info, start, stop,
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ int rtllib_wx_get_scan(struct rtllib_device *ieee,
 				   escape_essid(network->ssid,
 						network->ssid_len),
 				   network->bssid,
-				   (jiffies - network->last_scanned) /
-				   (HZ / 100));
+				   (100 * (jiffies - network->last_scanned)) /
+				   HZ);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ieee->lock, flags);
-- 
2.38.0

Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8192e: Fix divide fault when calculating beacon age

[Philipp Hortmann]

On 11/4/22 02:27, Larry Finger wrote:
> When the configuration parameter CONFIG_HZ is less that 100, the compiler
> generates an error as follows:
> 
> ../drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c: In function 'rtl819x_translate_scan':
> ../drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c:220:57: warning: division by zero [-Wdiv-by-zero]
>    220 |      (jiffies - network->last_scanned) / (HZ / 100));
>        |                                                         ^
> In file included from ../include/linux/skbuff.h:45,
>                   from ../include/linux/if_ether.h:19,
>                   from ../include/linux/etherdevice.h:20,
>                   from ../drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c:18:
> ../drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c: In function 'rtllib_wx_get_scan':
> ../drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c:261:70: warning: division by zero [-Wdiv-by-zero]
>    261 |      (jiffies - network->last_scanned) /
>        |
> 
> In fact, is HZ is not a multiple of 100, the calculation will be wrong,
> but it will compile correctly.
> 
> The fix is to get rid of the (HZ / 100) portion. To decrease any round-off
> errors, the compiler is forced to perform the 100 * jiffies-difference
> before dividing by HZ. This patch is only compile tested.
> 
> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> # build-tested
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> ---
> v2 - some commit log lines are shortened
>     - add space after * operator
> ---
>   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c | 6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c
> index da2c41c9b92f..217426ee2e92 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c
> @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static inline char *rtl819x_translate_scan(struct rtllib_device *ieee,
>   	p = custom;
>   	p += scnprintf(p, MAX_CUSTOM_LEN - (p - custom),
>   		      " Last beacon: %lums ago",
> -		      (jiffies - network->last_scanned) / (HZ / 100));
> +		      (100 * (jiffies - network->last_scanned)) / HZ);
>   	iwe.u.data.length = p - custom;
>   	if (iwe.u.data.length)
>   		start = iwe_stream_add_point_rsl(info, start, stop,
> @@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ int rtllib_wx_get_scan(struct rtllib_device *ieee,
>   				   escape_essid(network->ssid,
>   						network->ssid_len),
>   				   network->bssid,
> -				   (jiffies - network->last_scanned) /
> -				   (HZ / 100));
> +				   (100 * (jiffies - network->last_scanned)) /
> +				   HZ);
>   	}
>   
>   	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ieee->lock, flags);


Tested-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>