Re: 2.3.99-pre4-[12] with nfs doesn't compile with gcc 2.7.2.3

From: Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Date: Sun Apr 09 2000 - 18:31:36 EST


On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Meelis Roos wrote:

> >> fs/fs.o: In function `nfs_refresh_inode':
> >> fs/fs.o(.text+0x324d8): undefined reference to `__udivdi3'
> >> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
[SNIPPED...]
> nfs_calc_block_size(u64 tsize)
> {
> loff_t used = (tsize + 511) / 512;
> return (used > ULONG_MAX) ? ULONG_MAX : used;
> }

Over and over again the same non-problem has occurred.
This should be a shift, not a divide. Please fix the code.
I don't think anybody wants a call to a C-runtime library
in their kernel when a simple shift will do.

Save the procedure calls for variables.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.3.41 on an i686 machine (800.63 BogoMips).

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