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string_helpers: fix precision loss for some inputs
authorJames Bottomley <JBottomley@Odin.com>
Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:58:29 +0000 (14:58 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 21 Jan 2016 01:09:18 +0000 (17:09 -0800)
commit272e7900c69b010852b5b3f75d305fb8457666e4
treeab7a5f6751cb7ef5764031e6f9bfee8a051aa2a7
parent957450e50b7e7d1bf2666ba53adee975e89a6ea4
string_helpers: fix precision loss for some inputs

It was noticed that we lose precision in the final calculation for some
inputs.  The most egregious example is size=3000 blk_size=1900 in units
of 10 should yield 5.70 MB but in fact yields 3.00 MB (oops).

This is because the current algorithm doesn't correctly account for
all the remainders in the logarithms.  Fix this by doing a correct
calculation in the remainders based on napier's algorithm.

Additionally, now we have the correct result, we have to account for
arithmetic rounding because we're printing 3 digits of precision.  This
means that if the fourth digit is five or greater, we have to round up,
so add a section to ensure correct rounding.  Finally account for all
possible inputs correctly, including zero for block size.

Fixes: 757e6d5ca592f9cfcd4c5745f635d8ba0156cf7d
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Odin.com>
Reported-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> [delay until after 4.4 release]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
lib/string_helpers.c