linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] timer: parenthesis fix in tbase_get

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Message-ID: <20070510073904.GB2021@ff.dom.local>
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2007 09:39:04 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
To:	"Pallipadi\, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Cc:	Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] timer: parenthesis fix in tbase_get_deferrable() etc.

On 09-05-2007 21:10, Pallipadi, Venkatesh wrote:
...
> On a 64 bit system, converting pointer to int causes unnecessary
> compiler
> warning, and intermediate long conversion was to avoid that. I will have
> to rephrase my comment to remove 32 bit value and use int, as that is
> what
> the function returns.

Sorry!!! So, it's perfectly right and logical.

It's a pity, you couldn't NACK this patch a little sooner.
I hope there is no problem to remove this patch now. 

It seems this type of conversion isn't popular enough, yet.

Thanks for explanation & regards,
Jarek P.
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