linux-kernel - Re: Patch: romfs_lookup always failed in linux-2.6.25-rc3-git3

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Date:	Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:25:56 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	"Adam J. Richter" <adam@...drasil.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Patch: romfs_lookup always failed in linux-2.6.25-rc3-git3

Adam J. Richter <adam@...drasil.com> wrote:

> My only question is why you've changed res from int to long, given that
> you've corrected my misguided "P.S.":

Because if you compile for a 64-bit system, you may find extra instructions
emitted, at the very least in ERR_PTR(res) where it turns a 32-bit int into a
64-bit pointer.

David
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