Ping.
On Sun, 7 Jul 2024, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> While working on mul_u64_u64_div_u64() improvements I realized that there
> is a better way to perform a 64x64->128 bits multiplication with overflow
> handling. This is not as lean as v1 of the series but still much better
> than the existing code IMHO.
>
> Change from v2:
>
> - Fix last minute edit screw-up (missing one function return type).
>
> Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240707171919.1951895-1-nico@fluxnic.net/
>
> Changes from v1:
>
> - Formalize condition for when overflow handling can be skipped.
> - Make this condition apply only if it can be determined at compile time
> (beware of the compiler not always inling code).
> - Keep the ARM assembly but apply the above changes to it as well.
> - Force __always_inline when optimizing for performance.
> - Augment test_div64.c with important edge cases.
>
> Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240705022334.1378363-1-nico@fluxnic.net/
>
> The diffstat is:
>
> arch/arm/include/asm/div64.h | 13 +++-
> include/asm-generic/div64.h | 121 ++++++++++++-----------------------
> lib/math/test_div64.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 3 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)
>
>