linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] MIPS: Fix MAX_REG_OFFSET and remove zero-length struct member

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Message-ID: <aA5Z2izR-HKAdi99@alpha.franken.de>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:22:50 +0200
From: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MIPS: Fix MAX_REG_OFFSET and remove zero-length
 struct member

On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 03:38:36PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Would it make sense to also change the register arrays 'mpl' and 'mtp'
> from ULL to UL? ULL seems unnecessarily confusing to me.

no, ULL is correct. These registers are always 64bit independent whether
CPU is in 32bit or 64bit mode.

Thomas.

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