linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix chance of sign extension to nsec after its msb is set during calculation.

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1609022047030.5647@nanos>
Date:   Fri, 2 Sep 2016 20:47:24 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Liav Rehana <liavr@...lanox.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, john.stultz@...aro.org,
        noamca@...lanox.com, eladkan@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix chance of sign extension to nsec after its msb is
 set during calculation.

On Fri, 2 Sep 2016, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
> As a side note. John, why is that stuff unsigned at all? Shouldn't we use

s/unsigned/signed/

> u64 for all of this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx
>