linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: Align rq->avg_idle and rq->avg_scan

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Date:   Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:35:08 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        riel@...riel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Align rq->avg_idle and rq->avg_scan_cost

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:01:27AM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:
> 
> """
> The result of E1 >> E2 is E1 right-shifted E2 bit positions. [...] If E1
> has a signed type and a negative value, the resulting value is
> implementation-defined.

True; but the kernel uses -fwrapv, which would mandate 2s complement,
which then gets us to the next point:

> """
> 
> Not only this, but (arithmetic) right shifting a negative value (using 2's
> complement) is *not* equivalent to dividing it by the corresponding power
> of 2. 

True; good catch.