linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Minor fixes to generic do

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Message-ID: <17724.29679.520994.865570@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:49:03 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Minor fixes to generic do_div

Matthew Wilcox writes:

>   * The semantics of do_div() are:
>   *
> - * uint32_t do_div(uint64_t *n, uint32_t base)
> + * uint32_t do_div(uint64_t n, uint32_t base)

... or would be, if n were passed by reference.  If you're going to
change the comment, I think you should say explicitly that n is
changed.

Paul.
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