linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] Introduce U16_MAX and U32

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:11:18 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] Introduce U16_MAX and U32_MAX


On Jul 31 2007 11:57, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
>> @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ extern const char linux_proc_banner[];
>>  #define LLONG_MIN	(-LLONG_MAX - 1)
>>  #define ULLONG_MAX	(~0ULL)
>>  
>> +#define U16_MAX		((u16) ~0U)
>> +#define U32_MAX		((u32) ~0U)
>> +
>
>hm, I'd have thought that there's a risk of gcc warnings here, forcing
>0xffffffff into a u16, but apparently not.

No, since it is casted (= explicitly truncated).


	Jan
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