linux/lib/polynomial.c

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
 * Generic polynomial calculation using integer coefficients.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2020 BAIKAL ELECTRONICS, JSC
 *
 * Authors:
 *   Maxim Kaurkin <[email protected]>
 *   Serge Semin <[email protected]>
 *
 */

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/polynomial.h>

/*
 * Originally this was part of drivers/hwmon/bt1-pvt.c.
 * There the following conversion is used and should serve as an example here:
 *
 * The original translation formulae of the temperature (in degrees of Celsius)
 * to PVT data and vice-versa are following:
 *
 * N = 1.8322e-8*(T^4) + 2.343e-5*(T^3) + 8.7018e-3*(T^2) + 3.9269*(T^1) +
 *     1.7204e2
 * T = -1.6743e-11*(N^4) + 8.1542e-8*(N^3) + -1.8201e-4*(N^2) +
 *     3.1020e-1*(N^1) - 4.838e1
 *
 * where T = [-48.380, 147.438]C and N = [0, 1023].
 *
 * They must be accordingly altered to be suitable for the integer arithmetics.
 * The technique is called 'factor redistribution', which just makes sure the
 * multiplications and divisions are made so to have a result of the operations
 * within the integer numbers limit. In addition we need to translate the
 * formulae to accept millidegrees of Celsius. Here what they look like after
 * the alterations:
 *
 * N = (18322e-20*(T^4) + 2343e-13*(T^3) + 87018e-9*(T^2) + 39269e-3*T +
 *     17204e2) / 1e4
 * T = -16743e-12*(D^4) + 81542e-9*(D^3) - 182010e-6*(D^2) + 310200e-3*D -
 *     48380
 * where T = [-48380, 147438] mC and N = [0, 1023].
 *
 * static const struct polynomial poly_temp_to_N = {
 *         .total_divider = 10000,
 *         .terms = {
 *                 {4, 18322, 10000, 10000},
 *                 {3, 2343, 10000, 10},
 *                 {2, 87018, 10000, 10},
 *                 {1, 39269, 1000, 1},
 *                 {0, 1720400, 1, 1}
 *         }
 * };
 *
 * static const struct polynomial poly_N_to_temp = {
 *         .total_divider = 1,
 *         .terms = {
 *                 {4, -16743, 1000, 1},
 *                 {3, 81542, 1000, 1},
 *                 {2, -182010, 1000, 1},
 *                 {1, 310200, 1000, 1},
 *                 {0, -48380, 1, 1}
 *         }
 * };
 */

/**
 * polynomial_calc - calculate a polynomial using integer arithmetic
 *
 * @poly: pointer to the descriptor of the polynomial
 * @data: input value of the polynimal
 *
 * Calculate the result of a polynomial using only integer arithmetic. For
 * this to work without too much loss of precision the coefficients has to
 * be altered. This is called factor redistribution.
 *
 * Returns the result of the polynomial calculation.
 */
long polynomial_calc(const struct polynomial *poly, long data)
{ … }
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…);

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