[PATCH] [media] zl10353: use div_u64 instead of do_div

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Sat, 13 Feb 2016, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:

> On 12 February 2016 at 22:01, Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
> > However, I did stumble over an older patch I did now, which I could
> > not remember what it was good for. It does fix the problem, and
> > it seems to be a better solution.
> >
> >         Arnd
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
> > index b5acbb404854..b5ff9881bef8 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/compiler.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
> > @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect);
> >   */
> >  #define if(cond, ...) __trace_if( (cond , ## __VA_ARGS__) )
> >  #define __trace_if(cond) \
> > -       if (__builtin_constant_p((cond)) ? !!(cond) :                   \
> > +       if (__builtin_constant_p(!!(cond)) ? !!(cond) :                 \
> >         ({                                                              \
> >                 int ______r;                                            \
> >                 static struct ftrace_branch_data                        \
> >
> 
> I remember seeing this patch, but I don't remember the exact context.
> But when you think about it, !!cond can be a build time constant even
> if cond is not, as long as you can prove statically that cond != 0. So

You're right.  I just tested it and to my surprise gcc is smart enough 
to figure that case out.

> I think this change is obviously correct, and an improvement since it
> will remove the profiling overhead of branches that are not true
> branches in the first place.

Indeed.


Nicolas