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SubjectRe: [PATCH] iio: core: Avoid double minus in sysfs output
On 07/19/2013 07:15 AM, Oleksandr Kravchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> wrote:
>> On 07/18/2013 05:47 PM, Oleksandr Kravchenko wrote:
>>> From: Oleksandr Kravchenko <o.v.kravchenko@globallogic.com>
>>>
>>> This patch fixes the issue with double minus in output when
>>> reading channels from sysfs for IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_MICRO and
>>> IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_NANO cases. Until this patch if val and val2
>>> both are negatives output string contains "--" before
>>> digits. It is result of "-%d..." in sprintf() format.
>>>
>>
>> Hm, this might be a bug in a driver that is triggering this. The idea is
>> that val2 is only allowed to be negative if val is 0.
>>
>> - Lars
>>
> If I calculate val and val2 in next way:
> *val = adc / 1000000;
> *val2 = adc % 1000000;
> both val and val2 could by negative. Do I have to check it in my driver?
>
I guess it is will happen occasionally. In the c89 standard, module for a negative
is implementation specific. Anyone know if we can assume this will work in all cases
within the kernel?


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