On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 3:06 AM, Lauri Kasanen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:53:39 -0600
> Eduardo Silva <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, applied.
>>
>> For any patch, please make sure to include your reasons, on this case
>> justify your findings and describe why is faster.
>
> I thought I did?

In the patch details

>
> See:
>> > Unsigned division is nicely faster than signed division. Note that the 
>> > exact speedup depends on the processor, some gain less than the AMD K10.
>
> It's simply less work for the cpu to do unsigned divide than signed divide. 
> No need to check if the output is negative.
>
>
> - Lauri



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