RE: [PATCH v10 1/3] lib: Add strongly typed 64bit int_sqrt

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From: Crt Mori
> Sent: 20 December 2017 17:30
> >> OK, is there any more easy optimizations you see?
> >
> > I think this version works.
> > It doesn't have the optimisation for small values.
> >
> > unsigned int sqrt64(unsigned long long x)
> > {
> >         unsigned int x_hi = x >> 32;
> >
> >         unsigned int b = 0;
> >         unsigned int y = 0;
> >         unsigned int i;
> >
> >         for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
> >                 b <<= 2;
> >                 b |= x_hi >> 30;
> >                 x_hi <<= 2;
> >                 if (i == 15)
> >                         x_hi = x;
> >                 y <<= 1;
> >                 if (b > y)
> >                         b -= ++y;
> >         }
> >         return y;
> > }
..
> 
> I did a quick run through unit tests for the sensor and the results
> are way off. On the sensor I had to convert double calculations to
> integer calculations and target was to get end result within 0.02 degC
> (with previous approximate sqrt implementation) in sensor working
> range. This now gets into 3 degC delta at least and some are way off.
> It might be off because of some scaling on the other hand during the
> equation (not exactly comparing sqrt implementations here).

I didn't get it quite right...
The last few lines need to be:
		if (b > y) {	
			b -= ++y;
			y++;
		}
	}
	return y >> 1;
}

Although that then fails for inputs larger than 2^62.

	David

	
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