The quilt patch titled Subject: lib/bcd: optimize _bin2bcd() for improved performance has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was lib-bcd-optimize-_bin2bcd-for-improved-performance.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-nonmm-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm ------------------------------------------------------ From: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/bcd: optimize _bin2bcd() for improved performance Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 01:02:29 +0800 The original _bin2bcd() function used / 10 and % 10 operations for conversion. Although GCC optimizes these operations and does not generate division or modulus instructions, the new implementation reduces the number of mov instructions in the generated code for both x86-64 and ARM architectures. This optimization calculates the tens digit using (val * 103) >> 10, which is accurate for values of 'val' in the range [0, 178]. Given that the valid input range is [0, 99], this method ensures correctness while simplifying the generated code. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240812170229.229380-1-visitorckw@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ching-Chun (Jim) Huang <jserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/bcd.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/lib/bcd.c~lib-bcd-optimize-_bin2bcd-for-improved-performance +++ a/lib/bcd.c @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_bcd2bin); unsigned char _bin2bcd(unsigned val) { - return ((val / 10) << 4) + val % 10; + const unsigned int t = (val * 103) >> 10; + + return (t << 4) | (val - t * 10); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(_bin2bcd); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from visitorckw@xxxxxxxxx are