Re: [PATCH v2] kernel/power/hibernate.c: use 'u64' instead of 's64' to avoid warning

From: Chen Gang
Date: Tue Apr 22 2014 - 03:57:15 EST


On 04/22/2014 03:21 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Tue 2014-04-22 09:29:20, Chen Gang wrote:
>> For do_div(), it need 'u64' type, which means the outside must be sure
>> of 'start' is not bigger than 'stop', or it will report warning.
>>
>> Even if 'start' was really bigger than 'stop', it would print incorrect
>> information, but for kernel, it still can continue, so use WARN_ON() is
>> enough.
>>
>> The related warning (with allmodconfig for unicore32):
>>
>> CC kernel/power/hibernate.o
>> kernel/power/hibernate.c: In function âswsusp_show_speedâ:
>> kernel/power/hibernate.c:237: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
>>
>>
>
> Certainly better, but
>
>> - s64 elapsed_centisecs64;
>> + u64 elapsed_centisecs64;
>> int centisecs;
>> int k;
>> int kps;
>>
>> elapsed_centisecs64 = timeval_to_ns(stop) - timeval_to_ns(start);
>> + WARN_ON((s64)elapsed_centisecs64 < 0);
>> do_div(elapsed_centisecs64, NSEC_PER_SEC / 100);
>> centisecs = elapsed_centisecs64;
>
> ...do we need to do the WARN_ON()? Only result of underflow will be
> very long elapsed time reported... that does not sound too
> bad. ... and it will be quite obvious what went wrong.
> Pavel
>

Hmm... that sounds reasonable to me. If no any other reply within 2
days, I shall send patch v3 for it.

BTW: sorry, I guess I can not finish allmodconfig for unicore32 within
this month (2014-04-30) -- at present I only finish 40-50%, I
will/should try to finish it within next month.


Thanks.
--
Chen Gang

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