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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:29:10 +0200
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: lakshmi.sowjanya.d@...el.com, jstultz@...gle.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/6] x86/tsc: Convert Time Stamp Counter (TSC) value
to Always Running Timer (ART)
On Tue, Oct 17 2023 at 10:54, lakshmi.sowjanya.d@...el.com wrote:
>
> +/*
> + * Converts input TSC to the corresponding ART value using conversion
> + * factors discovered by detect_art().
> + *
> + * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure.
bool indicating success / fail ?
> + */
> +int convert_tsc_to_art(const struct system_counterval_t *system_counter,
> + u64 *art)
> +{
> + u64 tmp, res, rem;
> + /* ART = TSC * tsc_to_art_denominator / tsc_to_art_numerator */
> + struct u32_fract tsc_to_art = {
> + .numerator = art_to_tsc_denominator,
> + .denominator = art_to_tsc_numerator,
> + };
The purpose of this struct is to obfuscate the code, right?
The struct would make sense if a pointer would be handed to some other
function.
> + if (system_counter->cs != art_related_clocksource)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + res = system_counter->cycles - art_to_tsc_offset;
> + rem = do_div(res, tsc_to_art.denominator);
> +
> + tmp = rem * tsc_to_art.numerator;
> + do_div(tmp, tsc_to_art.denominator);
> + *art = res * tsc_to_art.numerator + tmp;
Yet another copy of the math in convert_art_to_tsc() and in
convert_art_ns_to_tsc(). Seriously?
Can we please have _one_ helper function which takes value, nominator,
denominator as arguments and clean up the copy&pasta instead of adding
more?
Thanks,
tglx
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