linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] int

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Date:   Sun, 27 Jan 2019 12:46:47 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Florian La Roche <florian.laroche@...glemail.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Crt Mori <cmo@...exis.com>, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Florian La Roche <Florian.LaRoche@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] int_sqrt() adjustments

On Sun, 2019-01-27 at 21:32 +0100, Florian La Roche wrote:
> Add __attribute_const__ and use normal ints for the right param of "<<".
[]
> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
[]
> @@ -513,10 +513,10 @@ extern int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr);
>  extern int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr);
>  extern int func_ptr_is_kernel_text(void *ptr);
>  
> -unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long);
> +__attribute_const__ unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long);

This might as well return u32 to be consistent with int_sqrt64