Re: [PATCH] x86: tsc: get rid of custom DIV_ROUND

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Jun 23 2014 - 05:18:28 EST


On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 03:58:36AM +0200, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> When invoced for positive values, DIV_ROUND macro defined in
> arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c behaves exactly like DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST from
> include/linux/kernel.h file, so remove the custom macro in favour
> of the shared one.

See, I knew we'd had one. _CLOSEST is a dumb postfix though, its the
default whenever people talk of rounding.

> Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> No changes after compilation:
>
> $ ll tsc.o.*
> -rw------- 1 mpn eng 46497 Jun 19 03:54 tsc.o.after
> -rw------- 1 mpn eng 46497 Jun 19 03:55 tsc.o.before
> $ objdump -d tsc.o.before >tsc.s.before
> $ objdump -d tsc.o.after >tsc.s.after
> $ diff -u tsc.s.before tsc.s.after
> --- tsc.s.before 2014-06-19 03:56:54.880545041 +0200
> +++ tsc.s.after 2014-06-19 03:56:54.884545079 +0200
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>
> -tsc.o.before: file format elf64-x86-64
> +tsc.o.after: file format elf64-x86-64
>
>
> Disassembly of section .text:
> $

This diff in a diff totally confused patch.

Applies when I remove that.
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