linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]x86-tsc.c : fix compile warning

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Message-Id: <1245257714.6255.2.camel@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:25:13 +0530
From:	Subrata Modak <subrata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>, "Figo.zhang" <figo1802@...il.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sumit Panchasara <sumit.panchasara@...fochips.com>,
	"'Sachin P Sant'" <sachinp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"'H. Peter Anvin'" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"'Andi Kleen'" <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"'Thomas Gleixner'" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"'Balbir Singh'" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]x86-tsc.c : fix compile warning

On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 18:23 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 17 June 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > Ah, and you fixed in what a superior way: you improved the code in
> > > the process :-) This is how warnings should be fixed really.
> > 
> > Hmm. Did you also see Pavel's reply to that patch [1]:
> > ! But that's a bug to be fixed, I'd say? ... actually I believe you are
> > ! introducing a bug here. Yes, old code would put random numbers in
> > ! loops_per_jiffy_ref for !CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS, but you are introducing
> > ! oops there.
> > 
> > Was his comment incorrect?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > FJP
> > 
> > [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/24/159
> 
> hm, Pavel seems right - i missed that. Subrata, mind sending an 
> updated patch?

Hmmm. I would try doing that soon.

Regards--
Subrata

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo

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