Re: [PATCH v4 04/10] iio: afe: rescale: reduce risk of integer overflow

[Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se>]

On 2021-07-06 18:09, Liam Beguin wrote:
> From: Liam Beguin <lvb@xiphos.com>
> 
> Reduce the risk of integer overflow by doing the scale calculation with
> 64bit integers and looking for a Greatest Common Divider for both parts
> of the fractional value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liam Beguin <lvb@xiphos.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/afe/iio-rescale.c | 12 +++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/afe/iio-rescale.c b/drivers/iio/afe/iio-rescale.c
> index 774eb3044edd..ba3bdcc69b16 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/afe/iio-rescale.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/afe/iio-rescale.c
> @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ static int rescale_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>  			    int *val, int *val2, long mask)
>  {
>  	struct rescale *rescale = iio_priv(indio_dev);
> -	unsigned long long tmp;
> +	s64 tmp, tmp2;
> +	u32 factor;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	switch (mask) {
> @@ -67,8 +68,13 @@ static int rescale_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>  		}
>  		switch (ret) {
>  		case IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL:
> -			*val *= rescale->numerator;
> -			*val2 *= rescale->denominator;
> +			tmp = (s64)*val * rescale->numerator;
> +			tmp2 = (s64)*val2 * rescale->denominator;
> +			factor = gcd(tmp, tmp2);

Hi!

gcd() isn't exactly free. I do not think it is suitable to call it for each
and every value. So, if you really need it, then it should only be used
when there is an actual overflow (or if there is a high risk if that's
somehow easier).

Cheers,
Peter

> +			do_div(tmp, factor);
> +			*val = tmp;
> +			do_div(tmp2, factor);
> +			*val2 = tmp2;
>  			return ret;
>  		case IIO_VAL_INT:
>  			*val *= rescale->numerator;
>