Ricardo Biehl Pasquali wrote: > The current calculation for boundary is: > > boundary = buffer_size; > while (boundary * 2 <= LONG_MAX - buffer_size) > boundary *= 2; > > Why isn't a simpler calculation used instead? e.g.: > > /* closest multiple of buffer size less or equal LONG_MAX */ > boundary = LONG_MAX - LONG_MAX % buffer_size; To ensure that the factor is a power of two. Originally, that was not really necessary, but the algorithm is now part of the kernel/userspace interface. Regards, Clemens _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
