linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: sunxi-ng: mp: Avoid computing the rate twice

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Message-Id: <20220815172653.51C41C433D7@smtp.kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 15 Aug 2022 10:26:51 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To:     Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>
Cc:     Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: sunxi-ng: mp: Avoid computing the rate twice

Quoting Samuel Holland (2022-08-09 18:40:24)
> ccu_mp_find_best() already computes a best_rate at the same time as the
> best m and p factors. Return it so the caller does not need to duplicate
> the division.

Did the compiler figure this out and thus this patch makes no difference
to the final object code?