linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] replace timeconst bc script with an sh script

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Date:   Sun, 3 Nov 2019 18:57:06 -0500
From:   Ethan Sommer <e5ten.arch@...il.com>
To:     "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
        "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] replace timeconst bc script with an sh script

> The point isn't to make it work *now*, but getting it to *stay* work.
Since the only thing that can change to affect the outcome of the script
or program is the value of CONFIG_HZ, isn't knowing that it works within
a range of any reasonable values to set CONFIG_HZ to enough to know that
it will stay working? I just tested again using the bc script and my C
program, and this time I tested every possible value up to 100000, and
they both still matched output. It doesn't seem like there's something
that would cause the C program to stop working in the future due to
precision issues.