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SubjectRe: [PATCH] tracing: fix incorrect return type of ns2usecs() V2
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On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 13:48 +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> Impact: fix time output bug in 32bits system
>
> ns2usecs() returns 'long', it's incorrect.
>
> (In i386)
> # cat trace
> ...
> <idle>-0 [000] 521.442100: _spin_lock <-tick_do_update_jiffies64
> <idle>-0 [000] 521.442101: do_timer <-tick_do_update_jiffies64
> <idle>-0 [000] 521.442102: update_wall_time <-do_timer
> <idle>-0 [000] 521.442102: update_xtime_cache <-update_wall_time
> ....
> (It always print the time less than 2200 seconds besides ...)
> Because 'long' is 32bits in i386. ( (1<<31) useconds is about 2200 seconds)
>
> # cat trace
> ...
> <idle>-0 [001] 4154502640.134759: rcu_bh_qsctr_inc <-__do_softirq
> <idle>-0 [001] 4154502640.134760: _local_bh_enable <-__do_softirq
> <idle>-0 [001] 4154502640.134761: idle_cpu <-irq_exit
> ...
> (very large value)
> Because 'long' is a signed type and it is 32bits in i386.
>
> Changed from V1:
> return 'unsigned long long' instead of 'cycle_t'
>
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
> Reported-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>


Thanks, applied.

-- Steve




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