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From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 18/22] /dev/random: bitop cleanup
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:57:45 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19.524465763@selenic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18.524465763@selenic.com>


/dev/random  bitop cleanup

Remove incorrectly named ln and x86 asm function and replace with fls
bitop.


 tiny-mpm/drivers/char/random.c |   42 -----------------------------------------
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/char/random.c~ln-to-fls drivers/char/random.c
--- tiny/drivers/char/random.c~ln-to-fls	2004-03-20 13:38:38.000000000 -0600
+++ tiny-mpm/drivers/char/random.c	2004-03-20 13:38:38.000000000 -0600
@@ -420,43 +420,6 @@ static inline __u32 rotate_left(int i, _
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * More asm magic....
- * 
- * For entropy estimation, we need to do an integral base 2
- * logarithm.  
- *
- * Note the "12bits" suffix - this is used for numbers between
- * 0 and 4095 only.  This allows a few shortcuts.
- */
-#if 0	/* Slow but clear version */
-static inline __u32 int_ln_12bits(__u32 word)
-{
-	__u32 nbits = 0;
-	
-	while (word >>= 1)
-		nbits++;
-	return nbits;
-}
-#else	/* Faster (more clever) version, courtesy Colin Plumb */
-static inline __u32 int_ln_12bits(__u32 word)
-{
-	/* Smear msbit right to make an n-bit mask */
-	word |= word >> 8;
-	word |= word >> 4;
-	word |= word >> 2;
-	word |= word >> 1;
-	/* Remove one bit to make this a logarithm */
-	word >>= 1;
-	/* Count the bits set in the word */
-	word -= (word >> 1) & 0x555;
-	word = (word & 0x333) + ((word >> 2) & 0x333);
-	word += (word >> 4);
-	word += (word >> 8);
-	return word & 15;
-}
-#endif
-
 #if 0
 #define DEBUG_ENT(fmt, arg...) \
 printk(KERN_DEBUG "random %04d %04d %04d: " fmt,\
@@ -800,10 +763,7 @@ static void add_timer_randomness(struct 
 		 * Round down by 1 bit on general principles,
 		 * and limit entropy entimate to 12 bits.
 		 */
-		delta >>= 1;
-		delta &= (1 << 12) - 1;
-
-		entropy = int_ln_12bits(delta);
+		entropy = min_t(int, fls(delta>>1), 11);
 	}
 	batch_entropy_store(num, time, entropy);
 }

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  reply	other threads:[~2004-03-26  0:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-25 23:57 [PATCH 0/22] /dev/random: Assorted fixes and cleanups Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57 ` [PATCH 1/22] /dev/random: Simplify entropy debugging Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57   ` [PATCH 2/22] /dev/random: Cleanup sleep logic Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57     ` [PATCH 3/22] /dev/random: remove broken resizing sysctl Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57       ` [PATCH 4/22] /dev/random: remove outdated RNDGETPOOL ioctl Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57         ` [PATCH 5/22] /dev/random: pool struct cleanup and rename Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57           ` [PATCH 6/22] /dev/random: simplify pool initialization Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57             ` [PATCH 7/22] /dev/random: simplify reseed logic Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57               ` [PATCH 8/22] /dev/random: BUG on premature random users Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                 ` [PATCH 9/22] /dev/random: more robust catastrophic reseed logic Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                   ` [PATCH 10/22] /dev/random: entropy reserve logic for starvation preve Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                     ` [PATCH 11/22] /dev/random: flag pools that need entropy reserve Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                       ` [PATCH 12/22] /dev/random: add pool for /dev/urandom to prevent starv Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                         ` [PATCH 13/22] /dev/random: kill extract_timer_state Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                           ` [PATCH 14/22] /dev/random: kill unused md5 copy Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                             ` [PATCH 15/22] /dev/random: kill unrolled SHA code Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                               ` [PATCH 16/22] /dev/random: kill 2.2 cruft Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                                 ` [PATCH 17/22] /dev/random: minor shrinkage Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                                   ` Matt Mackall [this message]
2004-03-25 23:57                                     ` [PATCH 19/22] /dev/random: use sched_clock for timing data Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                                       ` [PATCH 20/22] /dev/random: cleanup rol bitop Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                                         ` [PATCH 21/22] /dev/random: kill batching of entropy mixing Matt Mackall
2004-03-25 23:57                                           ` [PATCH 22/22] /dev/random: update credits Matt Mackall
2004-03-27 13:52                                           ` [PATCH 21/22] /dev/random: kill batching of entropy mixing Jamie Lokier
2004-03-27 15:17                                             ` Matt Mackall
2004-03-26  1:43                               ` [PATCH 15/22] /dev/random: kill unrolled SHA code Jeff Garzik
2004-03-26  3:59                                 ` Matt Mackall
2004-03-27 13:49                                   ` Jamie Lokier
2004-03-26  0:15         ` [PATCH 4/22] /dev/random: remove outdated RNDGETPOOL ioctl Andrew Morton
2004-03-26  0:15       ` [PATCH 3/22] /dev/random: remove broken resizing sysctl Andrew Morton
2004-03-26  3:53         ` Matt Mackall
2004-03-26  0:14     ` [PATCH 2/22] /dev/random: Cleanup sleep logic Andrew Morton
2004-03-26  3:49       ` Matt Mackall

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