From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
To: chenhan <chenhan0017.work@gmail.com>, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: boqun@kernel.org, fujita.tomonori@gmail.com, frederic@kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] rust: time: make Delta division and remainder fail consistently
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:53:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bj8goc6x.fsf@t14s.mail-host-address-is-not-set> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023130413.178487-3-chenhan0017.work@gmail.com>
"chenhan" <chenhan0017.work@gmail.com> writes:
> Delta's division and rem_nanos() use Rust operators on 64-bit and C
> helpers on 32-bit. The report shows that rem_nanos(0) can return 10 for
> a 10 ns dividend on ARMv7, while the same call panics on x86-64. The
> i64::MIN / -1 case also differs, and neither API documents these inputs.
>
> Check for zero divisors and i64::MIN with -1 before the architecture-
> specific code, and document the panic conditions on each method. This
> matches Rust's signed division and remainder operators, including when
> overflow checks are disabled. Valid-input results and API signatures
> are unchanged; invalid inputs now panic on 32-bit too.
>
> No in-tree calls to either API were found at the base commit. The checks
> stay in the existing methods so the fix does not depend on introducing
> a math module.
>
> Fixes: 4521438fb076 ("rust: time: Implement basic arithmetic operations for Delta")
> Reported-by: Georgios Androutsopoulos <georgeandrout13@gmail.com>
> Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1254
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: chenhan <chenhan0017.work@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes since v3: none.
>
> rust/kernel/time.rs | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/time.rs b/rust/kernel/time.rs
> index 16b44e82d2ac..4415e91a5227 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/time.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/time.rs
> @@ -412,8 +412,20 @@ fn mul_assign(&mut self, rhs: i64) {
> impl ops::Div for Delta {
> type Output = i64;
>
> + /// # Panics
> + ///
> + /// Panics if `rhs` is zero, or if `self` represents [`i64::MIN`] nanoseconds
> + /// and `rhs` represents `-1` nanosecond.
> #[inline]
> fn div(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
> + if rhs.value == 0 {
> + panic!("attempt to divide by zero");
> + }
> +
> + if self.value == i64::MIN && rhs.value == -1 {
> + panic!("attempt to divide with overflow");
> + }
> +
> #[cfg(CONFIG_64BIT)]
> {
> self.value / rhs.value
> @@ -421,7 +433,7 @@ fn div(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
>
> #[cfg(not(CONFIG_64BIT))]
> {
> - // SAFETY: This function is always safe to call regardless of the input values
> + // SAFETY: The checks above exclude a zero divisor and `i64::MIN / -1`.
Why change the safety comment here? If the function is always safe to
call, the exclusion is not relevant. Was the old comment wrong?
> unsafe { bindings::div64_s64(self.value, rhs.value) }
> }
> }
> @@ -615,8 +627,21 @@ pub fn to_jiffies_timeout(self) -> Delta<Jiffy> {
> }
>
> /// Return `self % divisor` where `divisor` is in nanoseconds.
> + ///
> + /// # Panics
> + ///
> + /// Panics if `divisor` is zero, or if `self` represents [`i64::MIN`]
> + /// nanoseconds and `divisor` is `-1`.
> #[inline]
> pub fn rem_nanos(self, divisor: i32) -> Self {
> + if divisor == 0 {
> + panic!("attempt to calculate the remainder with a divisor of zero");
> + }
> +
> + if self.value == i64::MIN && divisor == -1 {
> + panic!("attempt to calculate the remainder with overflow");
> + }
> +
> #[cfg(CONFIG_64BIT)]
> {
> Self {
> @@ -628,7 +653,8 @@ pub fn rem_nanos(self, divisor: i32) -> Self {
> {
> let mut rem = 0;
>
> - // SAFETY: `rem` is in the stack, so we can always provide a valid pointer to it.
> + // SAFETY: The checks above exclude a zero divisor and `i64::MIN / -1`.
> + // `&mut rem` provides a valid, aligned, writable pointer for this call.
Again, was the old safety comment wrong?
Once kunit supports the `#[should_panic]` attribute, we can assert the
behavior on all platforms.
Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-26 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-23 13:04 [PATCH v4 0/3] rust: time: fix Delta arithmetic and add math helpers chenhan
2026-10-23 13:04 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] rust: time: rename the rem_nanos() divisor chenhan
2026-10-23 13:04 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] rust: time: make Delta division and remainder fail consistently chenhan
2026-10-26 12:53 ` Andreas Hindborg [this message]
2026-10-31 8:46 ` chenhan
2026-10-23 13:04 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] rust: math: add signed division and remainder helpers chenhan
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