Re: [PATCH] pmbus: Use long variables for register to data conversions

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On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:03:25PM -0400, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:40:57 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 03:00:16AM -0400, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > > Hi Guenter,
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:04:24 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > Using integer variable types for register to data conversions can cause
> > > > overflows especially for power calculations, which are in microwatt.
> > > > Use long variables instead.
> > > 
> > > I have no objection, using longs for calculations certainly makes
> > > sense, however does it really help in practice? I thought that
> > > sizeof(int) == sizeof(long) for all architectures on Linux?
> > > 
> > No ... for x86_64 long is 64 bit and int is 32 bit.
> 
> D'oh, you're right. Will I ever remember this...
> 
> > I'll may have
> > to switch to "long long" at some point, though, or maybe s64.
> > Still hesitating to do that.
> 
> I'd think twice about it (and how to do it exactly)... I think long
> long is relatively expensive on 32-bit x86?
> 
That is my concern ... I think I'll wait with that change until someone
actually needs it.

Guenter

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