Can someone explain to me what this does?
#define ROUNDUP(n,width) (((n) + (width) - 1) & ~unsigned((width) - 1))
Can someone explain to me what this does? #define ROUNDUP(n,width) (((n) + (width) –
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Can someone explain to me what this does?
#define ROUNDUP(n,width) (((n) + (width) - 1) & ~unsigned((width) - 1))
Providing width is an even power of 2 (so 2,4,8,16,32 etc), it will return a number equal to or greater than n, which is a multiple of width, and which is the smallest value meeting that criteria.
So width = 16; 5->16, 7->16, 15->16, 16->16, 17->32, 18->32 etc.
EDIT I started out on providing an explanation of why this works as it does, as I sense that’s really what the OP wants, but it turned into a rather convoluted story. If the OP is still confused, I’d suggest working through a few simple examples, say width = 16, n=15,16,17. Remember that & = bitwise AND, ~ = bitwise complement, and to use binary representation exclusively as you work through the examples.