linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/13] thermal: Make temperatures consistently unsigned long

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Date:	Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:18:14 +0000
From:	Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>
To:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Mikko Perttunen <mikko.perttunen@...si.fi>,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] thermal: Make temperatures consistently unsigned long

Hi Sascha,

Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de> writes:

> The thermal framework uses int, long and unsigned long for temperatures
> in millicelsius. The majority of functions uses unsigned long, so change
> the remaining functions to use this type aswell.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>

I'd suggest changing to long instead. It would allow the use of the
thermal framework in environments where temperatures are below 0C -
quite easily reached in many parts of the world.

Regards,
Punit

> ---
>  drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 10 +++++-----
>  include/linux/thermal.h        |  6 +++---
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>

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