FXP: add fxp_mul_frac.

This can multiply size_ts by a fraction without the risk of overflow.
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David Goldblatt
2020-12-08 13:22:59 -08:00
committed by David Goldblatt
parent 56e85c0e47
commit caef4c2868
2 changed files with 50 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -90,6 +90,31 @@ fxp_round_nearest(fxp_t a) {
return (a >> 16) + increment;
}
/*
* Approximately computes x * frac, without the size limitations that would be
* imposed by converting u to an fxp_t.
*/
static inline size_t
fxp_mul_frac(size_t x_orig, fxp_t frac) {
assert(frac <= (1U << 16));
/*
* Work around an over-enthusiastic warning about type limits below (on
* 32-bit platforms, a size_t is always less than 1ULL << 48).
*/
uint64_t x = (uint64_t)x_orig;
/*
* If we can guarantee no overflow, multiply first before shifting, to
* preserve some precision. Otherwise, shift first and then multiply.
* In the latter case, we only lose the low 16 bits of a 48-bit number,
* so we're still accurate to within 1/2**32.
*/
if (x < (1ULL << 48)) {
return (size_t)((x * frac) >> 16);
} else {
return (size_t)((x >> 16) * (uint64_t)frac);
}
}
/*
* Returns true on error. Otherwise, returns false and updates *ptr to point to
* the first character not parsed (because it wasn't a digit).