Re: unresolved symbols __udivdi3 and __umoddi3

[Tim Schmielau]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jan 2002,  wrote:
>
> > I am writing a module and would like to perform arithmetic on long
> > long variables. When I try to do this the module does not load due
> > to the unresolved symbols __udivdi3 and __umoddi3. I notice these
> > are normally defined in libc. Is there any way I can do this in a
> > kernel module.
> >
> > Many Thanks
> >
> > Simon.
>
> Normally, in modules, the granularity is such that divisions can
> be made by powers-of-two. In a 32-bit world, the modulus that you
> obtain with umoddi3 (the remainder from a long-long, division) should
> normally fit within a 32-bit variable. If you insist upon doing 64-bit
> math in a 32-bit world, then you can either make your own procedures
> and link them, of you can "appropriate" them from the 'C' runtime
> library code, include them with your source, assemble, and link them
> in.

If 64-bit arithmetics cannot be avoided, the do_div64() macro defined in
include/asm/div64.h comes in handy.
  mod = do_div((unsigned long) x, (long) y)
will set  x  to the quotient x/y  and  mod  to the remainder  x%y .

Tim