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| From | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: enabling libgcc for 64-bit divisions, was Re: PROBLEM: XFS on ARM corruption 'Structure needs cl |
| Date | 2015-08-13 20:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <pX5qh-2R4-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <pX3ya-92-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <pX5gC-2FH-23@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:18 AM, George Spelvin <linux@horizon.com> wrote:
>
> On x86, the case that msword >= divsor causes a divide exception
> (divide ba generalization of divide by zero), so it's tempting
> to do the same sort of "assume no trap and fix up in the handler"
> trick as <asm/uaccess.h>.
That would be horrible. One of the reasonably common cases of do_div()
is for printing out numbers. And they are often in the 4G+ range..
> One function that would cover a significant number of use cases
> (but not all, damn it) would be
>
> rem = do_mul_div(x, mul,_div)
Yes. That might be worth introducing. Not to replace do_div(), but as
a "32-bit only" interface to a somewhat common situation.
Linus
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Re: enabling libgcc for 64-bit divisions, was Re: PROBLEM: XFS on ARM corruption 'Structure needs cl "George Spelvin" <linux@horizon.com> - 2015-08-13 08:20 +0200
Re: enabling libgcc for 64-bit divisions, was Re: PROBLEM: XFS on ARM corruption 'Structure needs cl Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-08-13 18:30 +0200
Re: enabling libgcc for 64-bit divisions, was Re: PROBLEM: XFS on ARM corruption 'Structure needs cl "George Spelvin" <linux@horizon.com> - 2015-08-13 20:20 +0200
Re: enabling libgcc for 64-bit divisions, was Re: PROBLEM: XFS on ARM corruption 'Structure needs cl Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-08-13 20:30 +0200
Re: enabling libgcc for 64-bit divisions, was Re: PROBLEM: XFS on ARM corruption 'Structure needs cl "George Spelvin" <linux@horizon.com> - 2015-08-13 21:10 +0200
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