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Re: [Xen-devel] cpufreq: weird bug in set_time_scale

To: Jean Pihet <jpihet@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] cpufreq: weird bug in set_time_scale
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:31:53 +0100
Cc: "Langsdorf, Mark" <mark.langsdorf@xxxxxxx>
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Yep, that case is not acceptable for the DIV instruction, because it causes
overflow of the quotient. It's fixed by xen-unstable changeset 16098.

It's a one-char fix: the loop on (tps32 < MILLISECS(1000)) needs to be
(tps32 <= MILLISECS(1000)).

 -- Keir

On 11/10/07 19:14, "Jean Pihet" <jpihet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> The problem is in divl instruction which throws a 'Floating point exception'.
> In the case below the dividend and the divisor are equal. Is that allowed by
> the instruction?
> 
> On the ARM code that we are currently implementing, there is no crash =;-) but
> the result is 0, which does not seem correct.
> 
> Should the assert in div_frac be changed to avoid weird results or crash?
> 
> Regards,
> Jean
> 
> On Thursday 11 October 2007 19:43:08 Keir Fraser wrote:
>> That's my code. I'll take a look!
>> 
>>  K.
>> 
>> On 11/10/07 16:55, "Langsdorf, Mark" <mark.langsdorf@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On my test machine, in set_time_scale(),
>>> the following code:
>>> ts->mul_frac = div_frac(MILLISECS(1000), tps32);
>>> crashes with a division by zero error if
>>> tps32 == 1000000000d.  Unfortunately, tps32 is
>>> often that value.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know why this happens?  I've
>>> resolved it temporarily by checking for
>>> tps32 == 1000000000 and changing the
>>> value slightly (101000010d works fine
>>> on my test machine), but I'm not sure
>>> if that's the approved approach for Xen.
>>> 
>>> -Mark Langsdorf
>>> Operating System Research Center
>>> AMD
>>> 
>>> 
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