On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:43:27 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > > 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. Right. I don't think we have strictly ABI issue even if relaxing this, but I also don't think it would give so much benefit, either. thanks, Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
