linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mips: lib/bitops.c: fix wrong return type

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Date:	Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:54:41 +0100
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Zhi-zhou Zhang <zhizhou.zh@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mips: lib/bitops.c: fix wrong return type

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 09:00:53PM +0800, Zhi-zhou Zhang wrote:

> Here should return 64-bit types rather than 32-bit types. Or we
> may get wrong return value if high 32-bit isn't equal to zero.

David Daney's patch which I've applied not two hours before you posted
this patch solves the same issue though a different way.  So I'm just
going to drop this patch.

Thanks anyway!

  Ralf
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