linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] math.h: Introduce data types for fractional numbers

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:17:44 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] math.h: Introduce data types for fractional
 numbers

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 12:30:47PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:53:50 +0200
> Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > Introduce a macro to produce data types like
> > 
> > 	struct TYPE_fract {
> > 		__TYPE numerator;
> > 		__TYPE denominator;
> > 	};
> > 
> > to be used in the code wherever it's needed.
> > 
> > In the following changes convert some users to it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> I'm not 100% sold on this, but I'm going to give them the benefit
> of the doubt as to long term usefulness and apply them.
> 
> Basically I'm taking the view Andy is often right :)

Time will show :-)

> Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git and pushed out as testing
> for 0-day to see if we missed anything.

Thanks!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko