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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:25:03 -0500
From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: change rheap functions to use ulongs instead
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Timur Tabi wrote:
> The rheap allocation functions return a pointer, but the actual value is based
> on how the heap was initialized, and so it can be anything, e.g. an offset
> into a buffer.  A ulong is a better representation of the value returned by
> the allocation functions.

No comments on this patch?  Does this mean that you all think it's okay for 2.6.22?

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Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale