net_sched: psched_ratecfg_precompute() improvements

Before allowing 64bits bytes rates, refactor
psched_ratecfg_precompute() to get better comments
and increased accuracy.

rate_bps field is renamed to rate_bytes_ps, as we only
have to worry about bytes per second.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

include/net/sch_generic.h

@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *skb_act_clone(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 #endif
 
 struct psched_ratecfg {
-	u64	rate_bps;
+	u64	rate_bytes_ps; /* bytes per second */
 	u32	mult;
 	u16	overhead;
 	u8	shift;
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ static inline void psched_ratecfg_getrate(struct tc_ratespec *res,
 					  const struct psched_ratecfg *r)
 {
 	memset(res, 0, sizeof(*res));
-	res->rate = r->rate_bps >> 3;
+	res->rate = r->rate_bytes_ps;
 	res->overhead = r->overhead;
 }
 

net/sched/sch_generic.c

@@ -901,37 +901,33 @@ void dev_shutdown(struct net_device *dev)
 void psched_ratecfg_precompute(struct psched_ratecfg *r,
 			       const struct tc_ratespec *conf)
 {
-	u64 factor;
-	u64 mult;
-	int shift;
-
 	memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
 	r->overhead = conf->overhead;
-	r->rate_bps = (u64)conf->rate << 3;
+	r->rate_bytes_ps = conf->rate;
 	r->mult = 1;
 	/*
-	 * Calibrate mult, shift so that token counting is accurate
-	 * for smallest packet size (64 bytes).  Token (time in ns) is
-	 * computed as (bytes * 8) * NSEC_PER_SEC / rate_bps.  It will
-	 * work as long as the smallest packet transfer time can be
-	 * accurately represented in nanosec.
+	 * The deal here is to replace a divide by a reciprocal one
+	 * in fast path (a reciprocal divide is a multiply and a shift)
+	 *
+	 * Normal formula would be :
+	 *  time_in_ns = (NSEC_PER_SEC * len) / rate_bps
+	 *
+	 * We compute mult/shift to use instead :
+	 *  time_in_ns = (len * mult) >> shift;
+	 *
+	 * We try to get the highest possible mult value for accuracy,
+	 * but have to make sure no overflows will ever happen.
 	 */
-	if (r->rate_bps > 0) {
-		/*
-		 * Higher shift gives better accuracy.  Find the largest
-		 * shift such that mult fits in 32 bits.
-		 */
-		for (shift = 0; shift < 16; shift++) {
-			r->shift = shift;
-			factor = 8LLU * NSEC_PER_SEC * (1 << r->shift);
-			mult = div64_u64(factor, r->rate_bps);
-			if (mult > UINT_MAX)
+	if (r->rate_bytes_ps > 0) {
+		u64 factor = NSEC_PER_SEC;
+
+		for (;;) {
+			r->mult = div64_u64(factor, r->rate_bytes_ps);
+			if (r->mult & (1U << 31) || factor & (1ULL << 63))
 				break;
+			factor <<= 1;
+			r->shift++;
 		}
-
-		r->shift = shift - 1;
-		factor = 8LLU * NSEC_PER_SEC * (1 << r->shift);
-		r->mult = div64_u64(factor, r->rate_bps);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(psched_ratecfg_precompute);