Thread (15 messages) 15 messages, 3 authors, 2021-10-19

Re: [PATCH 2/5] tracing: Add division and multiplication support for hist triggers

From: Kalesh Singh <hidden>
Date: 2021-10-19 21:24:39
Also in: linux-kselftest, lkml

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 1:45 PM Steven Rostedt [off-list ref] wrote:
On Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:52:46 +0000
Kalesh Singh [off-list ref] wrote:
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+static u64 hist_field_div(struct hist_field *hist_field,
+                        struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
+                        struct trace_buffer *buffer,
+                        struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
+                        void *event)
+{
+     struct hist_field *operand1 = hist_field->operands[0];
+     struct hist_field *operand2 = hist_field->operands[1];
+
+     u64 val1 = operand1->fn(operand1, elt, buffer, rbe, event);
+     u64 val2 = operand2->fn(operand2, elt, buffer, rbe, event);
+
+     /* Return -1 for the undefined case */
+     if (!val2)
+             return -1;
+
+     return val1 / val2;
This wont work on x86 32 bit machines, as u64 division will trigger
floating point arithmetic by the compiler, and cause a fault.
Thanks for catching this. I'll address it in the next version.

- Kalesh
You'll need to use one of the div64() helpers.

-- Steve

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