From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/6] x86: apicdef unification: some constants made unsigned
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:58:32 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47389448.4050107@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64N.0711121229360.30102@blysk.ds.pg.gda.pl>
Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Robert Richter wrote:
>
>> -#define GET_APIC_VERSION(x) ((x)&0xFF)
>> -#define GET_APIC_MAXLVT(x) (((x)>>16)&0xFF)
>> -#define APIC_INTEGRATED(x) ((x)&0xF0)
>> +#define GET_APIC_VERSION(x) ((x)&0xFFu)
>> +#define GET_APIC_MAXLVT(x) (((x)>>16)&0xFFu)
>> +#define APIC_INTEGRATED(x) ((x)&0xF0u)
>
> No point in doing this -- hexadecimal literals are unsigned by
> definition. File a compiler bug if you see them interpreted otherwise.
>
Not unless they have to be (see C99 if you don't believe me... on a
I32LP64 system for example, 0x7fffffff is signed int, 0x80000000 is
unsigned int, 0x100000000 is signed long).
What is this supposed to solve in the first place?
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-12 18:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-06 18:36 [patch 0/6] x86: apicdef.h unification Robert Richter
2007-11-06 18:36 ` [patch 1/6] x86: apicdef unification: some constants made unsigned Robert Richter
2007-11-07 20:41 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-11-08 10:14 ` Robert Richter
2007-11-12 12:31 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2007-11-12 15:56 ` Robert Richter
2007-11-12 17:58 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-11-06 18:36 ` [patch 2/6] x86: apicdef unification: minor changes in macro order Robert Richter
2007-11-06 18:36 ` [patch 3/6] x86: apicdef unification: whitespace changes only Robert Richter
2007-11-06 18:36 ` [patch 4/6] x86: apicdef unification: CONFIG_X86_32 checks added Robert Richter
2007-11-06 18:36 ` [patch 5/6] x86: apicdef unification: 32 and 64 bit files coalesced Robert Richter
2007-11-06 18:36 ` [patch 6/6] x86: apicdef unification: more whitespace changes Robert Richter
2007-11-06 20:32 ` [patch 0/6] x86: apicdef.h unification Thomas Gleixner
2007-11-08 10:24 ` Robert Richter
2007-11-08 17:53 ` Thomas Gleixner
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