Re: [PATCH] iio: core: Avoid double minus in sysfs output

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Please ignore this patch for now. I'll rework it soon. It issues
warnings when compiling.

On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/19/2013 07:15 AM, Oleksandr Kravchenko wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 07/18/2013 05:47 PM, Oleksandr Kravchenko wrote:
>>>> From: Oleksandr Kravchenko <o.v.kravchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> 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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