linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] backlight: pwm_bl: eliminate a 64/32 division

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Message-ID: <20191007151319.de6ko7n5dypqgyce@holly.lan>
Date:   Mon, 7 Oct 2019 16:13:19 +0100
From:   Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] backlight: pwm_bl: eliminate a 64/32 division

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 04:06:17PM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> lightness*1000 is nowhere near overflowing 32 bits, so we can just use
> an ordinary 32/32 division, which is much cheaper than the 64/32 done
> via do_div().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>

> ---
>  drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
> index be36be1cacb7..9252d51f31b9 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static u64 cie1931(unsigned int lightness, unsigned int scale)
>  	 */
>  	lightness *= 100;
>  	if (lightness <= (8 * scale)) {
> -		retval = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL(lightness * 10, 9033);
> +		retval = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(lightness * 10, 9033);
>  	} else {
>  		retval = int_pow((lightness + (16 * scale)) / 116, 3);
>  		retval = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL(retval, (scale * scale));
> -- 
> 2.20.1