Searching for the member of an array closest to 'x' is
duplicated in several places.
Add a new include - util_macros.h - and two macros that
implement this algorithm for arrays sorted both in ascending
and descending order.
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/util_macros.h | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 include/linux/util_macros.h
diff --git a/include/linux/util_macros.h b/include/linux/util_macros.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2097ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/util_macros.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_HELPER_MACROS_H_
+#define _LINUX_HELPER_MACROS_H_
+
+#define __find_closest(x, a, as, op)( \
+{ \
+ typeof(as) _i, _as = (as) - 1; \
+ typeof(x) _x = (x); \
+ typeof(*a) *_a = (a); \
+ for (_i = 0; _i < _as; _i++) { \
+ if (_x op DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(_a[_i] + _a[_i + 1], 2)) \
+ break; \
+ } \
+ (_i); \
+})
+
+/*
+ * find_closest - locate the closest element in a sorted array
+ * @x: The reference value.
+ * @a: The array in which to look for the closest element. Must be sorted
+ * in ascending order.
+ * @as: Size of 'a'.
+ *
+ * Returns the index of the element closest to 'x'.
+ */
+#define find_closest(x, a, as) __find_closest(x, a, as, <=)
+
+/*
+ * find_closest_descending - locate the closest element in a sorted array
+ * @x: The reference value.
+ * @a: The array in which to look for the closest element. Must be sorted
+ * in descending order.
+ * @as: Size of 'a'.
+ *
+ * Similar to get_closest() but 'a' is expected to be sorted in descending
+ * order.
+ */
+#define find_closest_descending(x, a, as) __find_closest(x, a, as, >)
+
+#endif
--
2.1.4
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