+ kernel-timec-change-jiffies_to_clock_t-input-parameters-type-to-unsigned-long.patch added to -mm tree

+ kernel-timec-change-jiffies_to_clock_t-input-parameters-type-to-unsigned-long.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     kernel/time.c: change jiffies_to_clock_t() input parameter's type to unsigned long
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     kernel-timec-change-jiffies_to_clock_t-input-parameters-type-to-unsigned-long.patch

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Subject: kernel/time.c: change jiffies_to_clock_t() input parameter's type to unsigned long
From: hank <pyu@redhat.com>

The parameter's origin type is long.  On an i386 architecture, it can
easily be larger than 0x80000000, causing this function to convert it to a
sign-extended u64 type.  Change the type to unsigned long so we get the
correct result.

Signed-off-by: hank <pyu@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/time.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN kernel/time.c~kernel-timec-change-jiffies_to_clock_t-input-parameters-type-to-unsigned-long kernel/time.c
--- a/kernel/time.c~kernel-timec-change-jiffies_to_clock_t-input-parameters-type-to-unsigned-long
+++ a/kernel/time.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_to_timeval);
 /*
  * Convert jiffies/jiffies_64 to clock_t and back.
  */
-clock_t jiffies_to_clock_t(long x)
+clock_t jiffies_to_clock_t(unsigned long x)
 {
 #if (TICK_NSEC % (NSEC_PER_SEC / USER_HZ)) == 0
 # if HZ < USER_HZ
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from pyu@redhat.com are

kernel-timec-change-jiffies_to_clock_t-input-parameters-type-to-unsigned-long.patch