| Date | Thu, 2 Nov 2023 10:48:57 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 09/24] selftests/resctrl: Remove unnecessary __u64 -> unsigned long conversion | From | Reinette Chatre <> |
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Hi Ilpo,
On 10/24/2023 2:26 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote: > Perf counters are __u64 but the code converts them to unsigned long > before printing them out. > > Remove unnecessary type conversion and the potential loss of meaningful > bits due to different sizes of types.
This motivation is not clear to me. Is this work done in preparation for 32 bit testing? This raises a lot more topics if this is the case.
Reinette
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