On Tue 2015-07-21 09:21:32, Sascha Hauer wrote: > The thermal code uses int, long and unsigned long for temperatures > in different places. > > Using an unsigned type limits the thermal framework to positive > temperatures without need. Also several drivers currently will report > temperatures near UINT_MAX for temperatures below 0°C. This will probably > immediately shut the machine down due to overtemperature if started below > 0°C. > > 'long' is 64bit on several architectures. This is not needed since INT_MAX °mC > is above the melting point of all known materials. Can we do something like typedef millicelsius_t int; ...to document the units? > Consistently use a plain 'int' for temperatures throughout the thermal code and > the drivers. This only changes the places in the drivers where the temperature > is passed around as pointer, when drivers internally use another type this is > not changed. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
