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| -rw-r--r-- | tests/qht-bench.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tests/qht-bench.c b/tests/qht-bench.c index ad885d89d0..362f03cb03 100644 --- a/tests/qht-bench.c +++ b/tests/qht-bench.c @@ -289,11 +289,25 @@ static void pr_params(void) static void do_threshold(double rate, uint64_t *threshold) { + /* + * For 0 <= rate <= 1, scale to fit in a uint64_t. + * + * Scale by 2**64, with a special case for 1.0. + * The remainder of the possible values are scattered between 0 + * and 0xfffffffffffff800 (nextafter(0x1p64, 0)). + * + * Note that we cannot simply scale by UINT64_MAX, because that + * value is not representable as an IEEE double value. + * + * If we scale by the next largest value, nextafter(0x1p64, 0), + * then the remainder of the possible values are scattered between + * 0 and 0xfffffffffffff000. Which leaves us with a gap between + * the final two inputs that is twice as large as any other. + */ if (rate == 1.0) { *threshold = UINT64_MAX; } else { - *threshold = (rate * 0xffff000000000000ull) - + (rate * 0x0000ffffffffffffull); + *threshold = rate * 0x1p64; } } |