include/linux/reciprocal_div.h
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/linux/reciprocal_div.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 3356 bytes
- Lines
- 105
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/types.h
Detected Declarations
struct reciprocal_valuestruct reciprocal_value_advfunction reciprocal_divide
Annotated Snippet
struct reciprocal_value {
u32 m;
u8 sh1, sh2;
};
/* "reciprocal_value" and "reciprocal_divide" together implement the basic
* version of the algorithm described in Figure 4.1 of the paper.
*/
struct reciprocal_value reciprocal_value(u32 d);
static inline u32 reciprocal_divide(u32 a, struct reciprocal_value R)
{
u32 t = (u32)(((u64)a * R.m) >> 32);
return (t + ((a - t) >> R.sh1)) >> R.sh2;
}
struct reciprocal_value_adv {
u32 m;
u8 sh, exp;
bool is_wide_m;
};
/* "reciprocal_value_adv" implements the advanced version of the algorithm
* described in Figure 4.2 of the paper except when "divisor > (1U << 31)" whose
* ceil(log2(d)) result will be 32 which then requires u128 divide on host. The
* exception case could be easily handled before calling "reciprocal_value_adv".
*
* The advanced version requires more complex calculation to get the reciprocal
* multiplier and other control variables, but then could reduce the required
* emulation operations.
*
* It makes no sense to use this advanced version for host divide emulation,
* those extra complexities for calculating multiplier etc could completely
* waive our saving on emulation operations.
*
* However, it makes sense to use it for JIT divide code generation for which
* we are willing to trade performance of JITed code with that of host. As shown
* by the following pseudo code, the required emulation operations could go down
* from 6 (the basic version) to 3 or 4.
*
* To use the result of "reciprocal_value_adv", suppose we want to calculate
* n/d, the pseudo C code will be:
*
* struct reciprocal_value_adv rvalue;
* u8 pre_shift, exp;
*
* // handle exception case.
* if (d >= (1U << 31)) {
* result = n >= d;
* return;
* }
*
* rvalue = reciprocal_value_adv(d, 32)
* exp = rvalue.exp;
* if (rvalue.is_wide_m && !(d & 1)) {
* // floor(log2(d & (2^32 -d)))
* pre_shift = fls(d & -d) - 1;
* rvalue = reciprocal_value_adv(d >> pre_shift, 32 - pre_shift);
* } else {
* pre_shift = 0;
* }
*
* // code generation starts.
* if (imm == 1U << exp) {
* result = n >> exp;
* } else if (rvalue.is_wide_m) {
* // pre_shift must be zero when reached here.
* t = (n * rvalue.m) >> 32;
* result = n - t;
* result >>= 1;
* result += t;
* result >>= rvalue.sh - 1;
* } else {
* if (pre_shift)
* result = n >> pre_shift;
* result = ((u64)result * rvalue.m) >> 32;
* result >>= rvalue.sh;
* }
*/
struct reciprocal_value_adv reciprocal_value_adv(u32 d, u8 prec);
#endif /* _LINUX_RECIPROCAL_DIV_H */
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct reciprocal_value`, `struct reciprocal_value_adv`, `function reciprocal_divide`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.