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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] Create a DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST macro to do division with rounding
Hi Darrick,

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:01:32 -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
>
> Create a helper macro to divide two numbers and round the result to the
> nearest whole number. This is a helper macro for hwmon drivers that
> want to convert incoming sysfs values per standard hwmon practice, though
> the macro itself can be used by anyone.
>
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
> ---
>
> include/linux/kernel.h | 6 ++++++
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
> index fba141d..fb02266 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
> @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ extern const char linux_proc_banner[];
> #define FIELD_SIZEOF(t, f) (sizeof(((t*)0)->f))
> #define DIV_ROUND_UP(n,d) (((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))
> #define roundup(x, y) ((((x) + ((y) - 1)) / (y)) * (y))
> +#define DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(x, divisor)( \
> +{ \
> + typeof(divisor) __divisor = divisor; \
> + (((x) + ((__divisor) / 2)) / (__divisor)); \
> +} \
> +)
>
> #define _RET_IP_ (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0)
> #define _THIS_IP_ ({ __label__ __here; __here: (unsigned long)&&__here; })
>

I don't get why you implement this as a macro rather than an inline
function? A function would look much better.

--
Jean Delvare


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