MINOR: stats: Prepare for more accurate moving averages
Add swrate_add_dynamic function which is similar to swrate_add, but more
accurate when calculating moving averages when not enough samples have
been processed yet.
diff --git a/include/proto/freq_ctr.h b/include/proto/freq_ctr.h
index ff13ea8..63febb2 100644
--- a/include/proto/freq_ctr.h
+++ b/include/proto/freq_ctr.h
@@ -263,6 +263,24 @@
return new_sum;
}
+/* Adds sample value <v> to sliding window sum <sum> configured for <n> samples.
+ * The sample is returned. Better if <n> is a power of two. This function is
+ * thread-safe.
+ * This function should give better accuracy than swrate_add when number of
+ * samples collected is lower than nominal window size. In such circumstances
+ * <n> should be set to 0.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int swrate_add_dynamic(unsigned int *sum, unsigned int n, unsigned int v)
+{
+ unsigned int new_sum, old_sum;
+
+ old_sum = *sum;
+ do {
+ new_sum = old_sum - (n ? (old_sum + n - 1) / n : 0) + v;
+ } while (!_HA_ATOMIC_CAS(sum, &old_sum, new_sum));
+ return new_sum;
+}
+
/* Adds sample value <v> spanning <s> samples to sliding window sum <sum>
* configured for <n> samples, where <n> is supposed to be "much larger" than
* <s>. The sample is returned. Better if <n> is a power of two. Note that this