On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 03:14:15PM +0800, David Teigland wrote: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 09:45:24AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > * +++ b/fs/gfs2/fixed_div64.h 2005-08-01 14:13:08.009808200 +0800 > > ehhhh why? > > I'm not sure, actually, apart from the comments: > > do_div: /* For ia32 we need to pull some tricks to get past various versions > of the compiler which do not like us using do_div in the middle > of large functions. */ > > do_mod: /* Side effect free 64 bit mod operation */ > > fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h (the origin of this file) has the same thing, > perhaps this is an old problem that's now fixed? I've looked into getting rid of these: - The existing do_div() works fine for me with 64 bit numerators, so I'll get rid of the "fixed" version. - The "fixed" do_mod() seems to be the only way to do 64 bit modulus. It would be great if I was wrong about that... Thanks, Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
