linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: cputime: fix a compile warning

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Date:   Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:15:00 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     yanjiang.jin@...driver.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
        paulus@...ba.org, oss@...error.net
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, yanjiang.jin@...driver.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jinyanjiang@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: cputime: fix a compile warning

yanjiang.jin@...driver.com writes:

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputime.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputime.h
> index 4f60db0..4423e97 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputime.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputime.h
> @@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ static inline cputime_t clock_t_to_cputime(const unsigned long clk)
>  	return (__force cputime_t) ct;
>  }
>  
> -#define cputime64_to_clock_t(ct)	cputime_to_clock_t((cputime_t)(ct))
> +#define cputime64_to_clock_t(ct)	\
> +	(__force u64)(cputime_to_clock_t((cputime_t)(ct)))

Given the name of the function is "cputime64 to clock_t", surely we
should be returning a clock_t ?

cheers