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The current implementation of rtc_time64_to_tm() contains unnecessary loops, branches and look-up tables. The new one uses an arithmetic-based algorithm appeared in [1] and is approximately 4.3 times faster (YMMV). The drawback is that the new code isn't intuitive and contains many 'magic numbers' (not unusual for this type of algorithm). However, [1] justifies all those numbers and, given this function's history, the code is unlikely to need much maintenance, if any at all. Add a KUnit test case that checks every day in a 160,000 years interval starting on 1970-01-01 against the expected result. Add a new config RTC_LIB_KUNIT_TEST symbol to give the option to run this test suite. [1] Neri, Schneider, "Euclidean Affine Functions and Applications to Calendar Algorithms". https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.06959 Signed-off-by: Cassio Neri <cassio.neri@gmail.com> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210624201343.85441-1-cassio.neri@gmail.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.