Re: [PATCH v2 05/24] selftests/resctrl: Make span unsigned long everywhere

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On Fri, 21 Apr 2023, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> On 4/18/2023 4:44 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> > fill_buf(), show_bw_info(), and resctrl_val_param.span define span as
> > unsigned long.
> 
> There is no fill_buf() in the code and show_bw_info() does
> not define span as unsigned long (it is even the first function
> changed in this patch).

Shuffling a large number of patches around seems detrimental for the 
quality of the commit messages no matter how hard I try to maintain them 
up to date. Thanks for noticing this.

> > Consistently use unsigned long elsewhere too for span parameters.
> 
> Is unsigned long the right type to use? Tracing through all the
> indirections I do not see how making all usages unsigned long
> achieves consistency ... have you considered size_t?

I'll change to size_t as it refers to the size of the memory block.

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 i.

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