linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni

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Date:	Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:43:12 +0200
From:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at>
To:	Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@...il.com>
Cc:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	OSUOSL Drivers <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	hsweeten@...ionengravers.com, dcb314@...mail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_atmio16d.c: remove
 pointless condition

Hi!

On Fre, 2014-07-11 at 15:30 +0300, Andrey Utkin wrote:
[...]
> Could you please substantiate this? I see that convert_arg has type
> "unsigned int" which may be 8 bytes on 64-bit platform. I haven't

At least in the x86_64 world, "unsigned int" has 32bit.
TTBOMK, it is similar on all other 64bit - otherwise there is no way to
address 32bit ("short int" is usually 16 bit).

	Bernd
-- 
"I dislike type abstraction if it has no real reason. And saving
on typing is not a good reason - if your typing speed is the main
issue when you're coding, you're doing something seriously wrong."
    - Linus Torvalds

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