On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 5:57 AM, Michal Nazarewicz <min...@mina86.com> wrote: > For 64-bit arguments, abs macro casts it to an int which leads to lost > precision and may cause incorrect results. To deal with 64-bit types > abs64 macro has been introduced but still there are places where abs > macro is used incorrectly. > > To deal with the problem, expand abs macro such that it operates on s64 > type when dealing with 64-bit types while still returning long when > dealing with smaller types. > > Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <min...@mina86.com>
Sorry this is a little late, but I did run this patch through my tests on a 32bit system (against 4.2, since my localized fix has already landed in Linus' head) to make sure it resolved the bug I saw and it did. So, Tested-by: John Stultz <john.stu...@linaro.org> thanks! -john -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
