time: Improve performance of time64_to_tm()
The current implementation of time64_to_tm() contains unnecessary loops, branches and look-up tables. The new one uses an arithmetic-based algorithm appeared in [1] and is approximately 3x faster (YMMV). The drawback is that the new code isn't intuitive and contains many 'magic numbers' (not unusual for this type of algorithm). However, [1] justifies all those numbers and, given this function's history, the code is unlikely to need much maintenance, if any at all. Add a KUnit test for it which checks every day in a 160,000 years interval centered at 1970-01-01 against the expected result. [1] Neri, Schneider, "Euclidean Affine Functions and Applications to Calendar Algorithms". https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.06959Signed-off-by: Cassio Neri <cassio.neri@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210622213616.313046-1-cassio.neri@gmail.com
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