linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] add lib/gcd.c

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Date:	Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:50:15 -0400
From:	James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Linux-MIPS" <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] add lib/gcd.c

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

>> Would the binary gcd algorithm not be a better fit for the kernel?

Alan> Could well be the shift based one is better for some processors only.

Very likely, I suspect.

And the version of the euclid algo in that patch is better than most
references that I've seen.  (q=a/b;r=a%b; is common, probably because
the texts use the same algo for computing the continued fraction.)

In any case, I do not have the hardware to do any statistically
significant testing; the closest I could do would be a speed test
on hera, which I expect would be discouraged.

-JimC
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