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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Jay Foad <jay.foad@gmail.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] int128: optimize
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:54:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51D2E9BC.1060401@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANd1uZm7GFAUcNT=qUQjtAHOp2N8Mrv7=K2gidQrn-_szYK1Tg@mail.gmail.com>

Il 02/07/2013 14:46, Jay Foad ha scritto:
>>  static inline Int128 int128_neg(Int128 a)
>>  {
>> -    a.lo = ~a.lo;
>> -    a.hi = ~a.hi;
>> -    return int128_add(a, int128_one());
>> +    uint64_t lo = -a.lo;
>> +    return (Int128) { lo, ~a.hi + !lo };
>>  }
> 
> This leaves int128_one unused. (Also the temporary lo seems a bit
> pointless, since you could just as well write -a.lo and !a.lo.)

The unused int128_one is not a problem, someone might find a use later.

>>  static inline bool int128_ge(Int128 a, Int128 b)
>>  {
>> -    return int128_nonneg(int128_sub(a, b));
>> +    return a.hi > b.hi || (a.hi == b.hi && a.lo >= b.lo);
>>  }
> 
> This is a bug fix. The old version gives the wrong answer when a and b
> are both large and have opposite signs.

We don't really use Int128's that are bigger than 2^64, but you are
right.  I'll add this to the commit message.

Paolo

  reply	other threads:[~2013-07-02 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-02 12:46 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] int128: optimize Jay Foad
2013-07-02 14:54 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-06-20 15:00 Paolo Bonzini
2013-06-20 16:46 ` Richard Henderson
2013-06-20 21:20   ` Paolo Bonzini

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