linux-kernel - [PATCH] Make sure the value in abs() does not get truncated if it is greater than 2^32

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Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2009 23:12:01 +0200
From:	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure the value in abs() does not get truncated if it is greater than 2^32

I was just digging a bit around in linux/kernel.h and stumbled over the abs() 
makro. For me it looks as it would return wrong results on 64 bit platforms 
if the input value is greater than 2^32.

Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
---
 include/linux/kernel.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index d6320a3..1e6eb66 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ extern int _cond_resched(void);
 #define might_sleep_if(cond) do { if (cond) might_sleep(); } while (0)
 
 #define abs(x) ({				\
-		int __x = (x);			\
+		long __x = (x);			\
 		(__x < 0) ? -__x : __x;		\
 	})
 
-- 
1.6.0.2


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