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math.h: Introduce data types for fractional numbers

From:  Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko-AT-linux.intel.com>
To:  Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko-AT-linux.intel.com>, Andreas Kemnade <andreas-AT-kemnade.info>, linux-arm-msm-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-iio-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org
Subject:  [PATCH v4 1/4] math.h: Introduce data types for fractional numbers
Date:  Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:53:50 +0200
Message-ID:  <20220126135353.24007-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc:  Andy Gross <agross-AT-kernel.org>, Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson-AT-linaro.org>, Jonathan Cameron <jic23-AT-kernel.org>, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars-AT-metafoo.de>
Archive-link:  Article

Introduce a macro to produce data types like

	struct TYPE_fract {
		__TYPE numerator;
		__TYPE denominator;
	};

to be used in the code wherever it's needed.

In the following changes convert some users to it.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
---

May be pulled via IIO tree.

v4: no changes
v3: no changes
v2: no changes

 include/linux/math.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/math.h b/include/linux/math.h
index 53674a327e39..439b8f0b9ebd 100644
--- a/include/linux/math.h
+++ b/include/linux/math.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_MATH_H
 #define _LINUX_MATH_H
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/kernel.h>
 
@@ -106,6 +107,17 @@
 }							\
 )
 
+#define __STRUCT_FRACT(type)				\
+struct type##_fract {					\
+	__##type numerator;				\
+	__##type denominator;				\
+};
+__STRUCT_FRACT(s16)
+__STRUCT_FRACT(u16)
+__STRUCT_FRACT(s32)
+__STRUCT_FRACT(u32)
+#undef __STRUCT_FRACT
+
 /*
  * Multiplies an integer by a fraction, while avoiding unnecessary
  * overflow or loss of precision.
-- 
2.34.1



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