From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Segher Boessenkool
<segher-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton
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Linus Torvalds
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Linux Arch Mailing List
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Linux Kernel Mailing List
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David Brownell
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specific-sized integers
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:45:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47CB826A.7000202@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7e0381d9932a37ad78f0c38b2a3c6a03-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>
> Do these new macros really buy anything over just writing LL in the
> few places that 64-bit constants are used?
>
It gives you macros that matches the s64/u64 et al definitions are, thus
avoiding another class of spurious warnings.
-hpa
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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Arch Mailing List <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specific-sized integers
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:45:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47CB826A.7000202@zytor.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20080303044530.GfUGvyj7cJgt2e1qcXiimmbLntvj3NQ1cTzkNo_dfYg@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7e0381d9932a37ad78f0c38b2a3c6a03@kernel.crashing.org>
Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>
> Do these new macros really buy anything over just writing LL in the
> few places that 64-bit constants are used?
>
It gives you macros that matches the s64/u64 et al definitions are, thus
avoiding another class of spurious warnings.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-03 4:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-03 0:09 [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specific-sized integers H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03 0:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <4a8566f54ff84f498c5c0c0340076c296b1840e6-TYXNXmPMDn57u0wkx6qpVYSLwOllVvif@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 0:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] Use U64_C() instead of casts in kernel/time.c H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03 0:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03 2:38 ` [PATCH 1/2] Add C99-style constructor macros for specific-sized integers Matthew Wilcox
2008-03-03 2:38 ` Matthew Wilcox
[not found] ` <20080303023851.GF24386-6jwH94ZQLHl74goWV3ctuw@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 4:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03 4:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <47CB81EA.8070802-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 6:20 ` Al Viro
2008-03-03 6:20 ` Al Viro
[not found] ` <20080303062007.GY27894-3bDd1+5oDREiFSDQTTA3OLVCufUGDwFn@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 6:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03 6:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <47CB96D5.3030509-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 6:32 ` Al Viro
2008-03-03 6:32 ` Al Viro
[not found] ` <20080303063216.GA27894-3bDd1+5oDREiFSDQTTA3OLVCufUGDwFn@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 6:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03 6:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03 3:20 ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-03-03 3:20 ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-03-03 4:14 ` David Brownell
[not found] ` <200803022014.11535.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 4:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03 4:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <7e0381d9932a37ad78f0c38b2a3c6a03-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 4:45 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-03-03 4:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <47CB826A.7000202-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 20:23 ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-03-03 20:23 ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-03-03 10:57 ` David Howells
2008-03-03 10:57 ` David Howells
[not found] ` <8260.1204541852-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 11:43 ` Russell King
2008-03-03 11:43 ` Russell King
[not found] ` <20080303114310.GA28139-f404yB8NqCZvn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 12:15 ` David Howells
2008-03-03 12:15 ` David Howells
2008-03-03 12:40 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-03-03 12:40 ` Sam Ravnborg
[not found] ` <20080303124050.GA24841-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-03 17:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03 17:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
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