netdev - Re: [RFC] div64

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Date:	Tue, 6 Mar 2007 15:19:20 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] div64_64 support

On Tuesday 06 March 2007 14:34, Andi Kleen wrote:

> -	return x;
> +	int s;
> +	u32 y;
> +	u64 b;
> +	u64 bs;
> +
> +	y = 0;
> +	for (s = 63; s >= 0; s -= 3) {
> +		y = 2 * y;
> +		b = 3 * y * (y+1) + 1;
> +		bs = b << s;
> +		if (x >= bs && (b == (bs>>s))) {  /* avoid overflow */
> +			x -= bs;
> +			y++;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	return y;
>  }
>

Andi

<rant>
Let me see... You throw code like that and expect someone to actually 
understand it in one year, and be able to correct a bug ?
</rant>

Please add something, an URL or even better a nice explanation, per favor...

Thank you
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