Re: [RFC PATCH v4 10/11] lib: vdso: Allow arches to override the ns shift operation

[Thomas Gleixner]

Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 9:58 AM Christophe Leroy
>
> Would mul_u64_u64_shr() be a good alternative?  Could we adjust it to
> assume the shift is less than 32?  That function exists to benefit
> 32-bit arches.

We'd want mul_u64_u32_shr() for this. The rules for mult and shift are:

     1 <= mult <= U32_MAX

     1 <= shift <= 32

If we want to enforce a shift < 32 we need to limit that conditionally
in the calculation/registration function.

Thanks,

        tglx