Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 May 2006 18:25:26 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: sched: 64-bit nr_running |
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* Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:
> There was a conversation over the mtd redboot bug related to unsigned > long vs. unsigned int . On a 64-bit machine unsigned long is 64-bits , > and unsigned int is 32-bits . However, both are 32-bits on a 32-bit > machine . > > Looking over the scheduler I found a few places that use "unsigned > long" for task counting variables (nr_running, nr_active, > nr_interruptible) . The problem is that these variables are all bound > to 29 bits (according to kernel/pid.c) , but they get expanded to > 64-bits on 64-bit machines .
your point being?
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