linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] reciprocal_divide: correction/update of the algorithm

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:50:39 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
CC:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Hannes Frederic Sowa" <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Austin S Hemmelgarn <ahferroin7@...il.com>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	"Veaceslav Falico" <vfalico@...hat.com>,
	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	"Jakub Zawadzki" <darkjames-ws@...kjames.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] reciprocal_divide: correction/update of
 the algorithm

On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 10:37 -0600, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> 
> > - * or else the performance is slower than a normal divide.
> > - */
> > -extern u32 reciprocal_value(u32 B);
> > +struct reciprocal_value {
> > +	u32 m;
> > +	u8 sh1, sh2;
> > +};
> >
> > +#define RECIPROCAL_VALUE_RESULT_TO_ZERO ((struct reciprocal_value){.sh1 = 32})
> >
> > -static inline u32 reciprocal_divide(u32 A, u32 R)
> > +struct reciprocal_value reciprocal_value(u32 d);
> 
> A function that returns a struct? That works? Which gcc versions support
> it?

At least since gcc 1.29, given:

Thu Sep 22 15:57:41 1988  Richard Stallman  (rms at sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu)
[...]
	* stmt.c (expand_function_start): Set current_function_needs_context
	and current_function_returns_struct.

Hope that's not a problem...

Ben.

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