Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] reciprocal_divide: correction/update ofthe algorithm

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Thu Jan 16 2014 - 11:37:52 EST


On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Daniel Borkmann wrote:

> - * or else the performance is slower than a normal divide.
> - */
> -extern u32 reciprocal_value(u32 B);
> +struct reciprocal_value {
> + u32 m;
> + u8 sh1, sh2;
> +};
>
> +#define RECIPROCAL_VALUE_RESULT_TO_ZERO ((struct reciprocal_value){.sh1 = 32})
>
> -static inline u32 reciprocal_divide(u32 A, u32 R)
> +struct reciprocal_value reciprocal_value(u32 d);

A function that returns a struct? That works? Which gcc versions support
it?


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