Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:51:13 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/24] consolidate msr.h |
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* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 04:42:48PM -0200, Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote: > > > - wrmsrl(MSR_CSTAR, ia32_cstar_target); > > > + wrmsrl(MSR_CSTAR, (u64)ia32_cstar_target); > > > > Hmm, why do you add explicit casts? The compiler should convert that > > correctly on its own. > > > > > +static inline void wrmsrl(unsigned int msr, unsigned long long val) > > > > Hmm, long long is 64 bit on all x86, but why not use explicit u64 to > > show that? > > (quick reply) > > With PVOPS on it gives compiler warnings without that explict cast. > Without looking at the code, IIRC with non-PVOPS it is a macro > directly into asm, so it didn't matter what the cast was. But with > PVOPS as a function, it gave compiler warnings. > > Take it out and try compiling it for both i386 and x86_64. One of them > gave warnings. But maybe it's not a problem now.
i dont think there's ever any true need (and good cause) to force integer type casts like that at the callee site.
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