linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]x86-tsc.c : fix compile warning

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:12:49 +0200
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Subrata Modak <subrata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Figo.zhang" <figo1802@...il.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sumit Panchasara <sumit.panchasara@...fochips.com>,
	'Sachin P Sant' <sachinp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"'H. Peter Anvin'" <hpa@...or.com>,
	'Andi Kleen' <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	'Thomas Gleixner' <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	'Balbir Singh' <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]x86-tsc.c : fix compile warning

On Wednesday 17 June 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Ah, and you fixed in what a superior way: you improved the code in
> the process :-) This is how warnings should be fixed really.

Hmm. Did you also see Pavel's reply to that patch [1]:
! But that's a bug to be fixed, I'd say? ... actually I believe you are
! introducing a bug here. Yes, old code would put random numbers in
! loops_per_jiffy_ref for !CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS, but you are introducing
! oops there.

Was his comment incorrect?

Cheers,
FJP

[1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/24/159
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