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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: mel@csn.ul.ie (Mel Gorman)
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, vgoyal@in.ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Compile failure fix for ppc on 2.6.17-rc4-mm3 (2nd attempt)
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 19:36:56 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17545.16696.195276.334774@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060529190515.GA17608@skynet.ie>

Mel Gorman writes:

> +	res->end = -(-res->end & ~(unsigned long)mask); \
> +	res->end += mask; \

I think this is equivalent to

	res->end = (res->end + mask) | mask;

and I have to say the latter seems more understandable to me (and
doesn't need a cast) ...

Regards,
Paul.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-09  9:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-26 15:12 [PATCH] Compile failure fix for ppc on 2.6.17-rc4-mm3 (2nd attempt) Mel Gorman
2006-05-26 16:49 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-29 15:49   ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-29 16:22     ` Segher Boessenkool
2006-05-29 17:38       ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-29 17:56         ` Segher Boessenkool
2006-05-29 19:05           ` Mel Gorman
2006-06-09  9:36             ` Paul Mackerras [this message]
2006-06-13 16:49               ` Mel Gorman

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