Re: [PATCH v2 05/24] selftests/resctrl: Make span unsigned long everywhere

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Ilpo,

On 4/18/2023 4:44 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> fill_buf(), show_bw_info(), and resctrl_val_param.span define span as
> unsigned long.

There is no fill_buf() in the code and show_bw_info() does
not define span as unsigned long (it is even the first function
changed in this patch).

> 
> Consistently use unsigned long elsewhere too for span parameters.

Is unsigned long the right type to use? Tracing through all the
indirections I do not see how making all usages unsigned long
achieves consistency ... have you considered size_t?

Reinette