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SubjectRe: [PATCH] thermal: Fix KELVIN_TO_CELSIUS macro
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On Sun, 2014-03-23 at 22:30 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 03/23/2014 09:25 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Sun, 2014-03-23 at 21:14 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >> It is always a good idea to use paranthesis around macro parameters
> >> to avoid undesired side effects.
> >>
> >> In this specific case, KELVIN_TO_CELSIUS() is used in
> >> drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c with parameter "value & 0xFFFF",
> >> which due to operator evaluation order causes more or less random
> >> results.
> >
> > Maybe it's better to use a statement expression to avoid
> > multiple calculations of t
> >
> > Maybe;
> >
> > #define KELVIN_TO_CELSIUS(t) \
> > ({ \
> > long _t = (long)(t) - 2732; \
> > _t >= 0 ? (_t + 5) / 10 : (_t - 5) / 10; \
> > })
> >
> >
>
> Possibly, but I only want to have a bug fixed which should possibly be applied
> to -stable at some point. As such, I prefer the minimalistic approach.
> Anything more fancy on top of that can be submitted as separate patch.
>
I agreed. I will take this patch and push it for stable kernel.

thanks,
rui



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