linux-kernel - Re: [GIT] /proc/*/task getdents fixlet

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0903171001500.3082@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:02:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, r0bertz@...too.org,
	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [GIT] /proc/*/task getdents fixlet



On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 09:15:46AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > I assume the only difference is to avoid using a "switch()" on a 64-bit 
> > variable, and just cast it to "unsigned long". No?
> 
> Yes,
> 
> 	+	switch ((unsigned long)filp->f_pos) {

Ok, I'll do just that one by hand.

		Linus
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