Re: [PATCH] tcp_cubic: use 32 bit math

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Mar 07 2007 - 21:56:01 EST


From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:07:31 -0800

> The basic calculation has to be done in 32 bits to avoid
> doing 64 bit divide by 3. The value x is only 22bits max
> so only need full 64 bits only for x^2.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Stephen.

What about Willy Tarreau's supposedly even faster variant?
Or does this incorporate that set of improvements?
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