Re: [PATCH] latencystats: fix missing f suffix on literal float

[Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>]

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 03:17:38PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:32:26 -0700
> Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > Add missing f suffix to floating point literal to avoid warning about
> > truncation from double to float.
> > 
> > Fixes: 5cd3cac9ed22 ("latency: added new library for latency stats")
> > Cc: reshma.pattan@intel.com
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/latencystats/rte_latencystats.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/lib/latencystats/rte_latencystats.c b/lib/latencystats/rte_latencystats.c
> > index 4ea9b0d..cae4b50 100644
> > --- a/lib/latencystats/rte_latencystats.c
> > +++ b/lib/latencystats/rte_latencystats.c
> > @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ struct latency_stats_nameoff {
> >  	 * a constant smoothing factor between 0 and 1. The value
> >  	 * is used below for measuring average latency.
> >  	 */
> > -	const float alpha = 0.2;
> > +	const float alpha = 0.2f;
> >  
> >  	now = rte_rdtsc();
> >  	for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++) {
> 
> The use of floating point in fast path here is unnecessary.
> Even without doing the full per-core values, this could just change
> to an alpha of .25 and use fast fixed point math.

agree, though my thoughts are make this code correct optimization is for
the maintainer. if they submit an alternate series i can withdraw this
patch. otherwise i think we should take it as-is.