linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] 2.6.18-rt7: fix more issues with 32-bit cycles_t in latency

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Date:	Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:51:31 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dwalker@...sta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.18-rt7: fix more issues with 32-bit cycles_t in	latency_trace.c (take 3)


* Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com> 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
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