On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 04:33:58PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 8 May 2007 12:33:48 +0200
> Jarek Poplawski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <[email protected]>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > diff -Nurp 2.6.21-mm1-/kernel/timer.c 2.6.21-mm1/kernel/timer.c
> > --- 2.6.21-mm1-/kernel/timer.c 2007-05-08 11:54:48.000000000 +0200
> > +++ 2.6.21-mm1/kernel/timer.c 2007-05-08 12:05:11.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -92,24 +92,24 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(tvec_base_t *, tve
> > /* Functions below help us manage 'deferrable' flag */
> > static inline unsigned int tbase_get_deferrable(tvec_base_t *base)
> > {
> > - return ((unsigned int)(unsigned long)base & TBASE_DEFERRABLE_FLAG);
> > + return (unsigned int)((unsigned long)base & TBASE_DEFERRABLE_FLAG);
> > }
...
> The change makes sense, but does it actually "fix" anything?
>
Yes - this first place fixes logical error, so it's a sin
- even if not punishable in practice. (It's also unnecessary
test for long to int conversion.)
Other changes are only BTW.
Regards,
Jarek P.
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