Re: (regression) kernel/timeconst.h bugs with HZ=128

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Feb 26 2008 - 19:12:18 EST


On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:32:24 -0800 David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I see these warnings on 32 bit ARM systems:
>
> CC kernel/time.o
> kernel/time.c: In function 'msecs_to_jiffies':
> kernel/time.c:472: warning: integer constant is too large for 'long' type
> kernel/time.c: In function 'usecs_to_jiffies':
> kernel/time.c:487: warning: integer constant is too large for 'long' type
>
> Line 472:
> return ((u64)MSEC_TO_HZ_MUL32 * m + MSEC_TO_HZ_ADJ32)
> line 487:
> return ((u64)USEC_TO_HZ_MUL32 * u + USEC_TO_HZ_ADJ32)
>
> The problem seems to be that these constants from kernel/timeconst.h
> have too many digits:
>
> #define ONLY_THIRTYTWO_BITS 0x01234567
>
> #define MSEC_TO_HZ_ADJ32 0x3f7ced916
> #define USEC_TO_HZ_ADJ32 0xfffbce4217d
>
> Those *_ADJ32 constants should have "ULL" suffixes, yes?
> Adding that by hand resolves the problem, but only until
> the next time that header file gets regenerated.
>
> Someone with observable Perl-fu should fix this ...
>

(cc's added)
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