From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934488AbWLDJwK (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 04:52:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S935303AbWLDJwJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 04:52:09 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:53939 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934488AbWLDJwI (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 04:52:08 -0500 Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:51:31 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Sergei Shtylyov Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dwalker@mvista.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.18-rt7: fix more issues with 32-bit cycles_t in latency_trace.c (take 3) Message-ID: <20061204095131.GE7872@elte.hu> References: <200611132252.58818.sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> <457326A2.2020402@ru.mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <457326A2.2020402@ru.mvista.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: 0.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=0.0 required=5.9 tests=none autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > What was the destiny of that patch? I haven't seen it accepted, > haven't seen any comments... while this is not a mere warning fix. > What am I expected to do to get it accepted -- recast it against > 2.6.19-rt1? i'd suggest to redo it - but please keep it simple and clean. Those dozens of casts to u64 are quite ugly. Why is cycles_t 32-bits on some of the arches to begin with? Ingo