linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make the kernel NTP code hand 64-bit *unsigned* values to do

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0802232200300.7583@apollo.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:	Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:01:55 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, schwab@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make the kernel NTP code hand 64-bit *unsigned* values
 to do_div() [try #3]

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:50:35 +0000 David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> > 
> > The kernel NTP code shouldn't hand 64-bit *signed* values to do_div().  Make it
> > instead hand 64-bit unsigned values.  This gets rid of a couple of warnings.
> 
> On certain architectures.  It would have bene nice to mention what those
> architectures are, and to quote the warnings.  Next time, please ;)
> 
> > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> > ---
> > 
> >  kernel/time/ntp.c |   12 +++++++-----
> 
> Thomas, do you consider ntp to fall under git-hrt?

I'll pick it up.

Thanks,

	tglx

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