linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mach-davinci: signedness bug

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Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:28:08 -0800
From:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>
To:	"Nori\, Sekhar" <nsekhar@...com>
Cc:	Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>,
	"davinci-linux-open-source\@linux.davincidsp.com" 
	<davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com>,
	"kernel-janitors\@vger.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mach-davinci: signedness bug

"Nori, Sekhar" <nsekhar@...com> writes:

> Hi Nicolas,
>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 00:10:28, Nicolas Kaiser wrote:
>> aemif_calc_rate() can return a negative error value, so all the
>> variables that get tested for this value need to be signed.
>>
>> The maximum bit width of WSETUP(WSETUP_MAX) appears to be 30 bits
>> (0xf << 26). Using a signed instead of an unsigned integer
>> shouldn't make a difference here.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>
>
> Thanks for the fix. You could use the subject:
>
> "davinci: signedness bug in davinci_aemif_setup_timing()"
>
> Other than that:
>
> Acked-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>

Thanks, I fixed up the subject as Sekhar suggested.

Applied, queuing for 2.6.38.

Kevin

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