linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] div64

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Date:	Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:50:19 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] div64_64 support

Andi Kleen wrote:
>> <rant>
>> Let me see... You throw code like that and expect someone to actually 
>> understand it in one year, and be able to correct a bug ?
> 
> To be honest I don't expect any bugs in this function.
> 
>> </rant>
>>
>> Please add something, an URL or even better a nice explanation, per favor...
> 
> It's straight out of Hacker's delight which is referenced in the commit
> log.

Referencing it in a comment would have been a better idea.

	-hpa
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