[Uboot-stm32] [PATCH] pwm: stm32: Fix division by zero for 32-bit timers

Thomas Perrot thomas.perrot at bootlin.com
Fri Oct 30 10:31:17 UTC 2026


stm32_pwm_set_config() derives the prescaler with
do_div(div, priv->max_arr + 1). max_arr is a u32, so on a 32-bit timer
(max_arr = 0xFFFFFFFF, e.g. TIM5 on STM32MP15) the sum wraps to 0 and
do_div() divides by zero. Configuring a PWM on such a timer, for
instance for a backlight, resets the board.

do_div() takes a 32-bit divisor, so widening the operand is not enough.
Use div64_u64() with a 64-bit divisor. The prescaler then comes out as
0, which is right since the period fits in ARR without prescaling.

Fixes: be5523d38296 ("pwm: stm32: add driver to support pwm with timer")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Perrot <thomas.perrot at bootlin.com>
---
On a 32-bit timer such as TIM5 on STM32MP15, stm32_pwm_set_config()
divides by max_arr + 1, which wraps to 0 in a u32. Seen when a
backlight on TIM5 is configured from U-Boot.

The fix is ported from a change carried in ST's U-Boot v2023.10-stm32mp
tree.
---
 drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c
index a691f75e4a71..3f2b593477b1 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/arch/timers.h>
 #include <dm/device_compat.h>
 #include <linux/bitfield.h>
+#include <linux/math64.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 
 #define CCMR_CHANNEL_SHIFT	8
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ static int stm32_pwm_set_config(struct udevice *dev, uint channel,
 	do_div(div, NSEC_PER_SEC);
 	prd = div;
 
-	do_div(div, priv->max_arr + 1);
+	div = div64_u64(div, (u64)priv->max_arr + 1);
 	prescaler = div;
 	if (prescaler > MAX_TIM_PSC)
 		return -EINVAL;

---
base-commit: 03e45557e1f38a39a0c80fe30483130ff376cf92
change-id: 20261029-tprrt-pwm-stm32-32bit-timer-div-eeb070ead061

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Perrot <thomas.perrot at bootlin.com>



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