linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: acpi/sleep.c saved

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Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:35:29 +0530
From:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: acpi/sleep.c saved_magic fix overflow

On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 19:55 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Fri 2009-04-10 23:06:55, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> > Impact: fix overflow
> 
> > Constant 0x123456789abcdef0 is so big for a long.
> > So using saved_magic 0x12345678 for both 32 and 64 bit.
> 
> Have you tested the patch? I have feeling that this is tested from
> assembly... Plus it is only set to long constant on 64-bit, so I don't
> think you are fixing anything. And if your code is correct the
> variable is write only...
> 

I have tested this:
1.  CHECK   arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c:107:16: warning: constant 0x123456789abcdef0 is so big it is long

2. On 64 bit machine box:
	long l1;

	l1 = 0x123456789abcdef0;
	printf("0x%16x : ", l1);

Output: 0x        9abcdef0

--
JSR


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