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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] writeback: fix incorrect return value type of bdi_dirty_limit
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 05:49:21AM -0400, Namjae Jeon wrote:
> unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long dirty)
>
> Above function return type is unsigned long, but return value is
> kept in "u64 bdi_dirty".
> It can return incorrect value by type casting.

I don't see how the cast can return wrong value.
The u64 is necessary for the intermediate calculations.

Thanks,
Fengguang

> Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com>
> ---
> mm/page-writeback.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
> index 49133b6..73a7a06 100644
> --- a/mm/page-writeback.c
> +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
> @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static unsigned long hard_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh)
> */
> unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long dirty)
> {
> - u64 bdi_dirty;
> + unsigned long bdi_dirty;
> long numerator, denominator;
>
> /*
> --
> 1.7.9.5


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