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authorAndy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>2019-05-14 15:43:08 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-14 19:52:49 -0700
commit9f6158946987a5ce3f16da097d18f240a89db417 (patch)
treec232e7df2397d4186b39a1a4de9bb2534a60170f /lib
parent2c64e9cb0b6b858901e9a386860d7d929d1cbaeb (diff)
downloadlinux-9f6158946987a5ce3f16da097d18f240a89db417.tar.bz2
lib/math: move int_pow() from pwm_bl.c for wider use
The integer exponentiation is used in few places and might be used in the future by other call sites. Move it to wider use. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190323172531.80025-2-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> Cc: Ray Jui <rjui@broadcom.com> Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/math/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lib/math/int_pow.c32
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/math/Makefile b/lib/math/Makefile
index b75878420da6..583bbfebfc09 100644
--- a/lib/math/Makefile
+++ b/lib/math/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-obj-y += div64.o gcd.o lcm.o int_sqrt.o reciprocal_div.o
+obj-y += div64.o gcd.o lcm.o int_pow.o int_sqrt.o reciprocal_div.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CORDIC) += cordic.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PRIME_NUMBERS) += prime_numbers.o
diff --git a/lib/math/int_pow.c b/lib/math/int_pow.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..622fc1ab3c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/math/int_pow.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * An integer based power function
+ *
+ * Derived from drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
+ */
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/**
+ * int_pow - computes the exponentiation of the given base and exponent
+ * @base: base which will be raised to the given power
+ * @exp: power to be raised to
+ *
+ * Computes: pow(base, exp), i.e. @base raised to the @exp power
+ */
+u64 int_pow(u64 base, unsigned int exp)
+{
+ u64 result = 1;
+
+ while (exp) {
+ if (exp & 1)
+ result *= base;
+ exp >>= 1;
+ base *= base;
+ }
+
+ return result;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(int_pow);