linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] edac: Remove fixmes in e7xxx

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Message-ID: <CA+8MBb+fnCNeQtyEqttxbkWx-4N+GUaKCUoCSdn5X9+bDDvTOg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:25:35 -0700
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
To:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Cc:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>,
	Doug Thompson <dougthompson@...ssion.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"m.chehab@...sung.com" <m.chehab@...sung.com>,
	Linux Edac Mailing List <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] edac: Remove fixmes in e7xxx_edac.c

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no> wrote:
>> -     /* FIXME - should use PAGE_SHIFT */
>> -     page = error_1b >> 6;   /* convert the address to 4k page */
>> +     page = error_1b >> PAGE_SHIFT;  /* convert the address to 4k page */
>
> I just have to bite...  Where did you get the idea that you can go
> around and "fix" FIMXE's like they were spelling errors?

Or apparently without thinking? Since "PAGE_SHIFT" does not have
the numerical value "6" your new code is obviously not equivalent to
the old.

-Tony
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