linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] Add generic exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) function

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Date:	Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:59:22 +0900
From:	Bruno Randolf <br1@...fach.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, peterz@...radead.org, blp@...stanford.edu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lars_Ericsson@...ia.com,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, kevin.granade@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] Add generic exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) function

On Thu November 11 2010 12:53:29 Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:47:56 +0900 Bruno Randolf <br1@...fach.org> wrote:
> > This adds generic functions for calculating Exponentially Weighted Moving
> > Averages (EWMA). This implementation makes use of a structure which keeps
> > the EWMA parameters and a scaled up internal representation to reduce
> > rounding errors.
> > 
> > The original idea for this implementation came from the rt2x00 driver
> > (rt2x00link.c). I would like to use it in several places in the mac80211
> > and ath5k code and I hope it can be useful in many other places in the
> > kernel code.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@...fach.org>
> > Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Excuse me, but can I expect this to be merged anytime soon? Where do I
> > check if it got merged? I'm resending the patch in case it got lost.
> 
> Yes, sorry, this is buried in my exponentially increasing backlog.
> It's going to take me a while to catch up again.

I don't mean to be pushy, so please take your time...

bruno
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