linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Reduce the number of expensive division instructions done by _parse

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Date:	Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:42:02 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	adobriyan@...il.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Reduce the number of expensive division instructions
 done by _parse_integer()

Le jeudi 09 février 2012 à 17:28 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit :

> You could avoid the divide and have cleaner code I think.
> 
> 	unsigned long long next = *res * base + val;
> 
> 	if (next < *res)
> 		overflow = 1;
> 	*res = next;
> 

Oh well, this one is better.

        unsigned long long next = *res * base;

        if (next < *res)
                overflow = 1;
        *res = next + val;




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