linux-kernel - Re: Rgeression: 2.6.30-rc6-git3 build error

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Date:	Tue, 19 May 2009 11:24:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@...bisoft.de>
cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Rgeression: 2.6.30-rc6-git3 build error - ICE from
 drivers/char/random.c



On Tue, 19 May 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> I guess getting rid of 'jiffies' is also worth it. Even at its very worst, 
> 'get_cycles()' should return jiffy-level information, so adding in jiffies 
> doesn't add anything to it.

I take that back. If there isno TSC at all, "get_cycles()" might just be 
returning zero. So the jiffies fallback is probably better than nothing.

So I'll just remove the (long)&ret part. And you already said that that 
fixed it both with my previous patch and without, so I guess it's already 
tested.

		Linus
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