Divide error in fetch_frame when enabling compression (0.4.3)
Nick Holloway
Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk
28 Nov 1999 09:55:19 -0000
To calculate the transfer rate, the following is used within fetch_frame:
rate = image_size * HZ / 1024 / (jiffies-oldjif);
When compression is enabled, it would appear that you can still be on
the same jiffy, and so you get a divide error (which leads to a SEGV
being sent to the application, and a reboot before further use of the
device is allowed).
As I didn't care about the accuracy, I just added a "+1" to the jiffy
difference. This confirmed that this was the problem.
Alternatively, treat a zero difference observed as 1/2 jiffy:
oldjif = jiffies-oldjif;
rate = image_size * HZ / 512 / (oldjif ? 2*oldjif : 1 );
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