Re: [RFC] lib/vsprintf.c: Even faster decimal conversion

From: Rasmus Villemoes
Date: Thu Mar 05 2015 - 10:22:29 EST


On Sat, Feb 21 2015, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> [...] decimal conversion [...] it does indeed seem like there is
> something to be gained, especially on 64 bits.
>
> $ ./test64
> Distribution Function Cycles/conv Conv/1 sec
> uniform([10, 2^64-1]) linux_put_dec 127.72 23047567
> uniform([10, 2^64-1]) rv_put_dec 60.73 45932786
> +/- -52.45% +99.30%
[...]
> 3 + neg_binom(0.50) linux_put_dec 16.85 159560933
> 3 + neg_binom(0.50) rv_put_dec 12.59 204607570
> +/- -25.31% +28.23%

I'm assuming the underwhelming response means NAK.

Rasmus
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