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diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h index b1ce037e4380..e986b7f717c4 100644 --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h @@ -9,6 +9,33 @@ #include <asm/memory.h> #include <asm/param.h> /* HZ */ +/* + * Loop (or tick) based delay: + * + * loops = loops_per_jiffy * jiffies_per_sec * delay_us / us_per_sec + * + * where: + * + * jiffies_per_sec = HZ + * us_per_sec = 1000000 + * + * Therefore the constant part is HZ / 1000000 which is a small + * fractional number. To make this usable with integer math, we + * scale up this constant by 2^31, perform the actual multiplication, + * and scale the result back down by 2^31 with a simple shift: + * + * loops = (loops_per_jiffy * delay_us * UDELAY_MULT) >> 31 + * + * where: + * + * UDELAY_MULT = 2^31 * HZ / 1000000 + * = (2^31 / 1000000) * HZ + * = 2147.483648 * HZ + * = 2147 * HZ + 483648 * HZ / 1000000 + * + * 31 is the biggest scale shift value that won't overflow 32 bits for + * delay_us * UDELAY_MULT assuming HZ <= 1000 and delay_us <= 2000. + */ #define MAX_UDELAY_MS 2 #define UDELAY_MULT UL(2147 * HZ + 483648 * HZ / 1000000) #define UDELAY_SHIFT 31 |