From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: edubezval@gmail.com (Eduardo Valentin) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 18:47:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 01/13] thermal: Make temperatures consistently unsigned long In-Reply-To: <20150327190750.GZ9742@pengutronix.de> References: <1427385240-6086-1-git-send-email-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <1427385240-6086-2-git-send-email-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <9hhzj6y217d.fsf@e105922-lin.cambridge.arm.com> <20150327190750.GZ9742@pengutronix.de> Message-ID: <20150407014707.GB4648@localhost.localdomain> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 08:07:50PM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:18:14AM +0000, Punit Agrawal wrote: > > Hi Sascha, > > > > Sascha Hauer writes: > > > > > The thermal framework uses int, long and unsigned long for temperatures > > > in millicelsius. The majority of functions uses unsigned long, so change > > > the remaining functions to use this type aswell. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer > > > > I'd suggest changing to long instead. It would allow the use of the > > thermal framework in environments where temperatures are below 0C - > > quite easily reached in many parts of the world. > > I agree to use a signed type. I also found it not so nice that the thermal > core does not support negative temperatures. I only chose unsigned long > because the patch got smallest that way, but I already expected this > answer ;) > We could also use int instead of long. INT_MAX ?mC is still enough for using > a computer on the surface of the sun (Not for the center though) Agreed, int is the preferred type. > > Sascha > > -- > Pengutronix e.K. | | > Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | > Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | > Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 490 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: