mm/mm_init.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Fixes Coccinelle/coccicheck warning reported by do_div.cocci.
Compared to do_div(), div64_ul() does not implicitly cast the divisor and
does not unnecessarily calculate the remainder.
Signed-off-by: Giorgi Tchankvetadze <giorgitchankvetadze1997@gmail.com>
---
mm/mm_init.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index db5568cf36e1..4d335eb799e6 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@ void *__init alloc_large_system_hash(const char *tablename,
/* limit allocation size to 1/16 total memory by default */
if (max == 0) {
max = ((unsigned long long)nr_all_pages << PAGE_SHIFT) >> 4;
- do_div(max, bucketsize);
+ max = div64_ul(max, bucketsize);
}
max = min(max, 0x80000000ULL);
--
2.52.0
Hi,
On Mon, Jun 01, 2026 at 04:11:23PM +0400, Giorgi Tchankvetadze wrote:
> Fixes Coccinelle/coccicheck warning reported by do_div.cocci.
>
> Compared to do_div(), div64_ul() does not implicitly cast the divisor and
> does not unnecessarily calculate the remainder.
Can you describe what are the actual visible effects?
> Signed-off-by: Giorgi Tchankvetadze <giorgitchankvetadze1997@gmail.com>
> ---
> mm/mm_init.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
> index db5568cf36e1..4d335eb799e6 100644
> --- a/mm/mm_init.c
> +++ b/mm/mm_init.c
> @@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@ void *__init alloc_large_system_hash(const char *tablename,
> /* limit allocation size to 1/16 total memory by default */
> if (max == 0) {
> max = ((unsigned long long)nr_all_pages << PAGE_SHIFT) >> 4;
> - do_div(max, bucketsize);
> + max = div64_ul(max, bucketsize);
> }
> max = min(max, 0x80000000ULL);
>
> --
> 2.52.0
>
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote: > > Can you describe what are the actual visible effects? > Hey Mike. The only benefit and effect is a semantic cleanup, it better communicates the intent of the division and resolves the Coccinelle static analysis warning. -- Giorgi
On Mon, Jun 01, 2026 at 07:26:00PM +0400, Giorgi Tchankvetadze wrote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote: > > > > Can you describe what are the actual visible effects? > > > > Hey Mike. > The only benefit and effect is a semantic cleanup, it better > communicates the intent of the division and resolves the Coccinelle > static analysis warning. Can you please add something along these lines to the changelog? > -- > Giorgi -- Sincerely yours, Mike.
On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 4:04 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote: > > Can you please add something along these lines to the changelog? > Sure thing. I will make sure to fix the changelon in v2
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