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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: johnstul@us.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix and optimize clock source update
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:51:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060621145104.b13af6aa.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0606212320450.12900@scrub.home>

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:38:32 +0200 (CEST)
Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> wrote:

> > > +#define clocksource_adjustcheck(sign, error, interval, offset) ({	\
> > > +	int adj = sign;							\
> > > +	error >>= 2;							\
> > > +	if (unlikely(sign > 0 ? error > interval : error < interval)) {	\
> > > +		adj = clocksource_bigadjust(sign, error,		\
> > > +					    interval, offset);		\
> > > +		interval <<= adj;					\
> > > +		offset <<= adj;						\
> > > +		adj = sign << adj;					\
> > > +	}								\
> > > +	adj;								\
> > > +})
> > 
> > That's still a #define with side effects. Yuck.
> 
> The alternative is duplicating the code and an inline function which takes 
> the address of these variables would likely generate worse code.

Can you verify that please?  It is pretty sick.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-21 21:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-21 12:38 Roman Zippel
2006-06-21 20:58 ` john stultz
2006-06-21 21:38   ` Roman Zippel
2006-06-21 21:51     ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2006-06-22 11:19       ` Roman Zippel
2006-06-22 14:51         ` john stultz

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