linux-kernel - Re: [patch 10/15] add xtime_shift and ntp_error

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Date:	Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:04:29 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 10/15] add xtime_shift and ntp_error_shift to struct
 timekeeper

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
>  		timekeeper.xtime_nsec += timekeeper.xtime_interval;
> -		if (timekeeper.xtime_nsec >= (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << clock->shift) {
> -			timekeeper.xtime_nsec -= (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << clock->shift;
> +		nsecs = (u64) NSEC_PER_SEC << timekeeper.shift;

Minor nit. I made this a separate u64 variable as nsecs is s64 and
while this signed/unsigned mismatch is probably not hurting in that
context it's still not pretty :)

Thanks,

	tglx
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