Re: [PATCH] sched/pelt: use shift operation instead of division operation

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Feb 24 2020 - 04:32:35 EST


On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 11:30:55AM +0800, qiwuchen55@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: chenqiwu <chenqiwu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Use shift operation to calculate the periods instead of division,
> since shift operation is more efficient than division operation.
>
> Signed-off-by: chenqiwu <chenqiwu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sched/pelt.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/pelt.c b/kernel/sched/pelt.c
> index bd006b7..ac79f8e 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/pelt.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/pelt.c
> @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static u32 __accumulate_pelt_segments(u64 periods, u32 d1, u32 d3)
> u64 periods;
>
> delta += sa->period_contrib;
> - periods = delta / 1024; /* A period is 1024us (~1ms) */
> + periods = delta >> 10; /* A period is 1024us (~1ms) */

Find me a compiler that stupid.