linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] lib: vsprintf: added a put

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Date:	Fri, 6 Aug 2010 21:26:10 +0200
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	Michał Nazarewicz <m.nazarewicz@...sung.com>
Cc:	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Douglas W. Jones" <jones@...uiowa.edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] lib: vsprintf: added a put_dec() test and benchmark tool

On Friday 06 August 2010 10:34, Michał Nazarewicz wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:10:06 +0200, Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Friday 06 August 2010 00:38, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> >> This commit adds a test application for the put_dec() and
> >> family of functions that are used by the previous two commits.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
> >
> >> +put-dec-test: put-dec-test.c
> >> +	exec $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
> >
> > (1) Why exec?
> 
> Micro Makefile optimisation -- saves us a fork().
> 
> I'll try to fix the benchmark over the weekend and will post updated
> version.  Thanks for the comments.

You might find some ideas in the attached file:
* removed "correction" code
* added verification of correctness for put_dec()
* different rand64
  (old one was giving same "random" number surprisingly often)
* more robust coding in a few places

-- 
vda

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