cycles_t is defined as u64, so casting it to u64 is a pointless and confusing exercise. cycles_t should simply go away and be replaced with a plain u64 to avoid further confusion. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c @@ -258,10 +258,9 @@ static void tk_setup_internals(struct ti tk->cycle_interval = interval; /* Go back from cycles -> shifted ns */ - tk->xtime_interval = (u64) interval * clock->mult; + tk->xtime_interval = interval * clock->mult; tk->xtime_remainder = ntpinterval - tk->xtime_interval; - tk->raw_interval = - ((u64) interval * clock->mult) >> clock->shift; + tk->raw_interval = (interval * clock->mult) >> clock->shift; /* if changing clocks, convert xtime_nsec shift units */ if (old_clock) {