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From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Arch Mailing List <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
	Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>,
	Michael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>,
	Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>,
	"William L. Irwin" <sparclinux@vger.kernel.org>,
	Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c (version 4)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:37:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071218053729.GA13238@uranus.ravnborg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200712172345.lBHNjgGq021212@tazenda.hos.anvin.org>

> diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
> index dfa9695..749825a 100644
> --- a/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -80,3 +80,11 @@ quiet_cmd_ikconfiggz = IKCFG   $@
>  targets += config_data.h
>  $(obj)/config_data.h: $(obj)/config_data.gz FORCE
>  	$(call if_changed,ikconfiggz)
> +
> +$(obj)/time.o: $(obj)/timeconst.h
> +
> +quiet_cmd_timeconst  = TIMEC   $@
> +      cmd_timeconst  = $(PERL) $< $(CONFIG_HZ) > $@
> +targets += timeconst.h
> +$(obj)/timeconst.h: $(src)/timeconst.pl $(wildcard include/config/hz.h) FORCE
> +	$(call if_changed,timeconst)

The prerequisite $(wildcard include/config/hz.h) is not needed.
You will run the perl script if:
- timeconst.h is missing
- if commandline changes (new CONFIG_HZ value)

Otherwise it looks OK to me.

	Sam

  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-18  5:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-17 23:45 [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c (version 4) H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-18  5:37 ` Sam Ravnborg [this message]
2007-12-17 21:53   ` [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c (version 5) H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-23  2:58     ` Andrew Morton
2007-12-23  5:52       ` [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c (version 6) H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-24  0:14     ` [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c (version 5) Roman Zippel

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