Re: [PATCH] log2.h: Define order_base_2() macro for convenience.

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sun Nov 11 2007 - 13:30:29 EST


On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:53:36 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>
> Given a number of places in the tree that need to calculate this value
> explicitly, might as well just create a macro for it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> run-time tested for the first several values. note that this macro
> is defined strictly in terms of rounding *up* -- i've seen no places
> in the tree that require this expression to be rounded down, so i'm
> not drawing that distinction.
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/log2.h b/include/linux/log2.h
> index c8cf5e8..ed121c0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/log2.h
> +++ b/include/linux/log2.h
> @@ -190,4 +190,20 @@ unsigned long __rounddown_pow_of_two(unsigned long n)
> __rounddown_pow_of_two(n) \
> )
>
> +/**
> + * order_base_2 - calculate the (rounded up) base 2 order of the argument
> + * @n - parameter

* @n: argument

(mostly changing - to :)

> + *
> + * The first few values calculated by this routine:
> + * ob2(0) = 0
> + * ob2(1) = 0
> + * ob2(2) = 1
> + * ob2(3) = 2
> + * ob2(4) = 2
> + * ob2(5) = 3
> + * ... and so on.
> + */
> +
> +#define order_base_2(n) ilog2(roundup_pow_of_two(n))
> +
> #endif /* _LINUX_LOG2_H */
>
> --

---
~Randy
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