From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Gabriel C <crazy@frugalware.org>
Subject: Re: kernel/time.c: integer constant is too large for 'long' type warnings
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:06:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47F66E10.8030405@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47F65AE6.4050500@googlemail.com>
Gabriel C wrote:
> Hi,
>
> with CONFIG_HZ_300=y I see these warnings :
>
> kernel/time.c: In function 'msecs_to_jiffies':
> kernel/time.c:472: warning: integer constant is too large for 'long' type
> kernel/time.c: In function 'usecs_to_jiffies':
> kernel/time.c:487: warning: integer constant is too large for 'long' type
>
> I think this was introduced by :
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=bdc807871d58285737d50dc6163d0feb72cb0dc2
>
> If you need more infos let me know.
>
There is a patch for this, already, but the bikeshed painters have been
whining about it.
The code is correct; it is a nuisance warning only.
-hpa
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2008-04-04 16:44 kernel/time.c: integer constant is too large for 'long' type warnings Gabriel C
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