Re: [PATCH] ARM: type casts update_sched_clock cyc_to_sched_clock cyc_to_fixed_sched_clock

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linux-arm-kernel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb am 05.04.2011 
10:31:44:

> Von: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> An: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Kopie: rubini@xxxxxxxx, kgene.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx, 
> eric.y.miao@xxxxxxxxx, ben-linux@xxxxxxxxx, tony@xxxxxxxxxxx, Jan 
> Weitzel <j.weitzel@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-tegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-
> omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
> STEricsson_nomadik_linux@xxxxxxxxxxx, trivial@xxxxxxxxxx, 
> kaloz@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, khc@xxxxxxxxx
> Datum: 05.04.2011 10:33
> Betreff: Re: [PATCH] ARM: type casts update_sched_clock 
> cyc_to_sched_clock cyc_to_fixed_sched_clock
> Gesendet von: linux-arm-kernel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 08:56:22AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux 
wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:43:21AM +0200, Jan Weitzel wrote:
> > > parameter "u32 mask" type cast befor inversion
> s/befor/before/
> 
> > Nak.  I want a 32-bit all ones quantity.
> > 
> > unsigned long long vali = (unsigned short)~0;
> > unsigned long long vall = ~(unsigned short)0;
> > 
> BTW, the definiton of vall is equivalent to 
> 
>    unsigned long long valu = ~(unsigned int)0;
> 
> because ~ converts the unsigned short to unsigned int.
> 
> > compiles to:
> > 
> > vali:
> >         .word   65535
> >         .word   0
> > 
> > vall:
> >         .word   -1
> >         .word   -1
> I really wonder about that. If I take a value of 0xffffffff (i.e. a 32
> bit wide int == ~0U) and assign that to an 64-bit unsigned long long I'd
> expect it to get the value 0x00000000ffffffffULL, not
> 0xffffffffffffffffULL. What's wrong?
> 
> > So moving the ~ to be evaluated after the cast has the effect of 
making
> > the cast pointless, and produces wrong values.  (u32)~0 does the 
32-bit
> My C-Book tells that using ~ on a signed it produces implementation
> defined behaviour. That's what I pointed out to Jan and I guess that's
> the reason why he created the patch.

That's right. I tested it and got for both
static unsigned long long valuica = (unsigned int)~0;
static unsigned long long valuicb = ~(unsigned int)0;

the same:
.word   0xffffffff
.word   0x00000000

With unsigned short I see the problem. Sorry for the noise.

Kind regards 
Jan

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