Re: [PATCH] staging: sm750fb: refactor the clock frequency calculation method

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 08:24:26PM +0800, Lynn Lei wrote:
> speed up calculation by merging two divisions into one.

How much did you speed it up?  Please provide proof of anything like
this if you say it is a speed up.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Lynn Lei <lynnl.wit@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_chip.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_chip.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_chip.c
> index c51761221131..5970c3792f27 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_chip.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_chip.c
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static unsigned int get_mxclk_freq(void)
>  	OD = (pll_reg & PLL_CTRL_OD_MASK) >> PLL_CTRL_OD_SHIFT;
>  	POD = (pll_reg & PLL_CTRL_POD_MASK) >> PLL_CTRL_POD_SHIFT;
>  
> -	return DEFAULT_INPUT_CLOCK * M / N / (1 << OD) / (1 << POD);
> +	return DEFAULT_INPUT_CLOCK * M / N / (1 << (OD + POD));

Are you sure that gcc didn't already do this for you?  It's a constant
number, I doubt this did anything at all.

thanks,

greg k-h