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SubjectCarefully chosen CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR ??
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Hi,

I'm having trouble understanding the rationale behind the choice for
CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR in arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h:

#define CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR 10 /* 2^10, carefully chosen */

Why on Earth is this 10?

AFAICS this constant is the position of the decimal point in the
fixed-point cycle-to-nanoseconds computations. It is computed as
follows:

*scale = (NSEC_PER_MSEC << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_khz;

Now, NSEC_PER_MSEC is 10^6, the size of cyc2ns is 32 bits and cpu_khz,
being an integer, cannot be less than 1. So, if I want maximum accuracy,
I should choose the maximium CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR such that:

10^6 * 2^CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR < 2^32

Which transforms to:

CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR = floor(log2(2^32/NSEC_PER_MSEC)) = 12

Did I miss an obvious reason for not using the scale factor of 12?

TIA,
Petr Tesarik
SUSE Linux




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