Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Dec 2002 21:14:07 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [RESEND][PATCH] better compat_jiffies_to_clock_t |
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On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > At David Mosberger's suggestion can we use this new version of > compat_jiffies_to_clock_t? It does better rounding and will not fail > if COMPAT_USER_HZ > HZ.
I don't like using "long long" and divisions.
Since this code is currently only used for 64-bit targets, is there any reason to use "long long" at all, and not just use "long"? I can see a 64-bit target where "long long" would be 128 bits, and this would do the wrong thing.
Linus
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