Re: [PATCH 2/4] convert a few do_div user

["Jörg-Volker Peetz" <jvpeetz@web.de>]

zippel@linux-m68k.org wrote:
> This converts a few users of do_div to div_[su]64 and this demonstrates
> nicely how it can reduce some expressions to one-liners.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
> 
> ---
>  kernel/time.c     |   29 +++++++++--------------------
>  kernel/time/ntp.c |   25 ++++++-------------------
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
> 
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> Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/ntp.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/ntp.c	2008-03-11 17:15:14.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/ntp.c	2008-03-12 21:21:20.000000000 +0100
<snip>
>  /*
> @@ -53,10 +53,8 @@ static void ntp_update_frequency(void)
>  
>  	tick_length_base = second_length;
>  
> -	do_div(second_length, HZ);
> -	tick_nsec = second_length >> TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT;
> -
> -	do_div(tick_length_base, NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ);
> +	tick_nsec = div_u64(second_length, HZ) >> TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT;
> +	tick_length_base = div_u64(tick_length_base, NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ);
>  }
>  

Probably the compiler would optimize it, but maybe its clearer to change it this 
way:

- 	tick_length_base = second_length;

-	do_div(second_length, HZ);
-	tick_nsec = second_length >> TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT;
-
-	do_div(tick_length_base, NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ);
+	tick_nsec = div_u64(second_length, HZ) >> TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT;
+	tick_length_base = div_u64(second_length, NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ);

-- 
Regards,
Jörg-Volker.



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