Re: [PATCH] average: change to declare precision, not factor

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 09:49:26 +0100

From: Johannes Berg <redacted>

Declaring the factor is counter-intuitive, and people are prone
to using small(-ish) values even when that makes no sense.

Change the DECLARE_EWMA() macro to take the fractional precision,
in bits, rather than a factor, and update all users.

While at it, add some more documentation.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <redacted>
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Unless I hear any objections, I will take this through my tree.

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>