1 files changed, 21 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/reciprocal_div.h b/include/linux/reciprocal_div.h
index f9c90b3..8c5a3fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/reciprocal_div.h
+++ b/include/linux/reciprocal_div.h
@@ -4,29 +4,32 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 /*
- * This file describes reciprocical division.
+ * This algorithm is based on the paper "Division by Invariant
+ * Integers Using Multiplication" by Torbjörn Granlund and Peter
+ * L. Montgomery.
  *
- * This optimizes the (A/B) problem, when A and B are two u32
- * and B is a known value (but not known at compile time)
+ * The assembler implementation from Agner Fog, which this code is
+ * based on, can be found here:
+ * http://www.agner.org/optimize/asmlib.zip
  *
- * The math principle used is :
- *   Let RECIPROCAL_VALUE(B) be (((1LL << 32) + (B - 1))/ B)
- *   Then A / B = (u32)(((u64)(A) * (R)) >> 32)
- *
- * This replaces a divide by a multiply (and a shift), and
- * is generally less expensive in CPU cycles.
+ * This optimization for A/B is helpful if the divisor B is mostly
+ * runtime invariant. The reciprocal of B is calculated in the
+ * slow-path with reciprocal_value(). The fast-path can then just use
+ * a much faster multiplication operation with a variable dividend A
+ * to calculate the division A/B.
  */
 
-/*
- * Computes the reciprocal value (R) for the value B of the divisor.
- * Should not be called before each reciprocal_divide(),
- * or else the performance is slower than a normal divide.
- */
-extern u32 reciprocal_value(u32 B);
+struct reciprocal_value {
+	u32 m;
+	u8 sh1, sh2;
+};
 
+struct reciprocal_value reciprocal_value(u32 d);
 
-static inline u32 reciprocal_divide(u32 A, u32 R)
+static inline u32 reciprocal_divide(u32 a, struct reciprocal_value R)
 {
-	return (u32)(((u64)A * R) >> 32);
+	u32 t = (u32)(((u64)a * R.m) >> 32);
+	return (t + ((a - t) >> R.sh1)) >> R.sh2;
 }
-#endif
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_RECIPROCAL_DIV_H */