linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/6] timekeeping: Cure the signed/unsigned wreckage

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Message-ID: <20161209053017.GD3061@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2016 06:30:17 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>,
        Liav Rehana <liavr@...lanox.com>,
        Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Parit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
        Laurent Vivier <lvivier@...hat.com>,
        "Christopher S. Hall" <christopher.s.hall@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/6] timekeeping: Cure the signed/unsigned wreckage

On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 08:49:31PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> Here is the queue:
> 
>   timekeeping: Force unsigned clocksource to nanoseconds conversions
>   timekeeping: Make the conversion call chain consistently unsigned
>   timekeeping: Get rid of pointless typecasts
> 
> These three patches are definitely urgent material
> 
>   timekeeping: Use mul_u64_u32_shr() instead of open coding it
> 

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>