[PATCH v2] pwm_bl: Fix overflow condition

From	Derek Basehore <dbasehore@chromium.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	[PATCH v2] pwm_bl: Fix overflow condition
Date	2017-08-29 22:50 +0200
Message-ID	<ujVCp-7pa-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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This fixes an overflow condition that can happen with high max
brightness and period values in compute_duty_cycle. This fixes it by
using a 64 bit variable for computing the duty cycle.

Change-Id: I745c67c7a24740316d13eaf1be74248ea2249353
Signed-off-by: Derek Basehore <dbasehore@chromium.org>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
index 76311ec5e400..5ccc8e34b7a6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
@@ -88,14 +88,17 @@ static void pwm_backlight_power_off(struct pwm_bl_data *pb)
 static int compute_duty_cycle(struct pwm_bl_data *pb, int brightness)
 {
 	unsigned int lth = pb->lth_brightness;
-	int duty_cycle;
+	u64 duty_cycle;
 
 	if (pb->levels)
 		duty_cycle = pb->levels[brightness];
 	else
 		duty_cycle = brightness;
 
-	return (duty_cycle * (pb->period - lth) / pb->scale) + lth;
+	duty_cycle *= pb->period - lth;
+	do_div(duty_cycle, pb->scale);
+
+	return duty_cycle + lth;
 }
 
 static int pwm_backlight_update_status(struct backlight_device *bl)
-- 
2.14.1.342.g6490525c54-goog

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