linux-kernel - [PATCH] Add generic exponentially weighted moving average function

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Message-ID: <20101006093225.8739.14012.stgit@tt-desk>
Date:	Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:32:25 +0900
From:	Bruno Randolf <br1@...fach.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Add generic exponentially weighted moving average function

This adds a generic exponentially weighted moving average function. This
implementation makes use of a structure which keeps a scaled up internal
representation to reduce rounding errors.

The idea for this implementation comes from the rt2x00 driver (rt2x00link.c)
and i would like to use it in several places in the mac80211 and ath5k code.

Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@...fach.org>

--
Is this the right place to add it? Who to CC:?
---
 include/linux/average.h |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/linux/average.h

diff --git a/include/linux/average.h b/include/linux/average.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a00d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/average.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_AVERAGE_H
+#define _LINUX_AVERAGE_H
+
+#define AVG_FACTOR	1000
+
+struct avg_val {
+	int value;
+	int internal;
+};
+
+/**
+ * moving_average -  Exponentially weighted moving average
+ * @avg: average structure
+ * @val: current value
+ * @samples: number of samples
+ *
+ * This implementation make use of a struct avg_val to prevent rounding
+ * errors.
+ */
+static inline struct avg_val
+moving_average(const struct avg_val avg, const int val, const int samples)
+{
+	struct avg_val ret;
+	ret.internal = avg.internal  ?
+		(((avg.internal * (samples - 1)) +
+			(val * AVG_FACTOR)) / samples) :
+		(val * AVG_FACTOR);
+	ret.value = ret.internal / AVG_FACTOR;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_AVERAGE_H */

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