Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3][RFC] trace: profile likely and unlikelyannotations

[Theodore Tso]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 03:32:39PM +0100, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Wed, 29 October 2008 18:39:55 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> >
> >    69768    61064  87 __switch_to                    process_64.c         624
> >    15557   115251 100 __switch_to                    process_64.c         594
> >    15555   115227 100 __switch_to                    process_64.c         590
> 
> I may be out of school for a while, but that math sure looks odd.
> 
> > +	if (p->correct) {
> > +		percent = p->incorrect * 100;
> > +		percent /= p->correct;
>                 percent /= p->correct + p->incorect;

And once you do the above fix, I don't think what is below is
necessary any more.  :-)

> > +		/* No need to see huge numbers */
> > +		if (percent > 100)
> > +			percent = 100;

I would also calculate the percent correct rather than the percent
incorrect, on the general theory that 100% good, 0% bad is easier for
my little brain to understand, but that's just a minor thing...

					- Ted
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