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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] reciprocal_divide: correction/update of the algorithm
On 2014-01-14 14:50, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 14:22 -0500, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote:
>
>> I disagree with the statement that current CPU's have reasonably fast
>> dividers. A lot of embedded processors and many low-end x86 CPU's do
>> not in-fact have any hardware divider, and usually provide it using
>> microcode based emulation if they provide it at all. The AMD Jaguar
>> micro-architecture in particular comes to mind, it uses an iterative
>> division algorithm provided by the microcode that only produces 2 bits
>> of quotient per cycle, even in the best case (2 8-bit integers and an
>> integral 8-bit quotient) this still takes 4 cycles, which is twice as
>> slow as any other math operation on the same processor.
>
> I doubt you run any BPF filter with a divide instruction in it on these
> platform.
>
> Get real, do not over optimize things where it does not matter.
>
Actually, I have three Jaguar based routers, and use BPF regularly as
part of their iptables rules to log certain packet types.



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