Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753093AbbDGBrD (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2015 21:47:03 -0400 Received: from mail-pd0-f182.google.com ([209.85.192.182]:36681 "EHLO mail-pd0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752983AbbDGBrA (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2015 21:47:00 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 18:47:08 -0700 From: Eduardo Valentin To: Sascha Hauer Cc: Punit Agrawal , linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, Zhang Rui , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Warren , Mikko Perttunen , kernel@pengutronix.de, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] thermal: Make temperatures consistently unsigned long Message-ID: <20150407014707.GB4648@localhost.localdomain> References: <1427385240-6086-1-git-send-email-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <1427385240-6086-2-git-send-email-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <9hhzj6y217d.fsf@e105922-lin.cambridge.arm.com> <20150327190750.GZ9742@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zx4FCpZtqtKETZ7O" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150327190750.GZ9742@pengutronix.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2470 Lines: 66 --zx4FCpZtqtKETZ7O Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 08:07:50PM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:18:14AM +0000, Punit Agrawal wrote: > > Hi Sascha, > >=20 > > Sascha Hauer writes: > >=20 > > > The thermal framework uses int, long and unsigned long for temperatur= es > > > in millicelsius. The majority of functions uses unsigned long, so cha= nge > > > the remaining functions to use this type aswell. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer > >=20 > > I'd suggest changing to long instead. It would allow the use of the > > thermal framework in environments where temperatures are below 0C - > > quite easily reached in many parts of the world. >=20 > I agree to use a signed type. I also found it not so nice that the thermal > core does not support negative temperatures. I only chose unsigned long > because the patch got smallest that way, but I already expected this > answer ;) > We could also use int instead of long. INT_MAX =B0mC is still enough for = using > a computer on the surface of the sun (Not for the center though) Agreed, int is the preferred type. >=20 > Sascha >=20 > --=20 > Pengutronix e.K. | | > Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | > Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | > Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | --zx4FCpZtqtKETZ7O Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVIzcUAAoJEMLUO4d9pOJWgV8H/29YNF8sYriHa8/Cst4MOIUr RBgDYvRvOAcfuxBudmpE8XmzEneCYTTnT1zu9BQOfuAIgu3gbAn39MDl9U6iO9JB 1t1qW9VZB8KBjQAYzByNDHvCtvGg2zt7VjPsuJDRlbq0sLy2e/DXCG+rGjkchysj tyM7MWU291JF2uaiKob4RfWA3xzN/OWINWSGEws26nZFrYglFp5Aqi7XOst7NXs5 x0d9RGc2U90fzRPVS6WdD3sRAt1PJOD6MJh05Gjrxq/KOREovIpu8XMB3vZpPt6F /ar7y1JIEi1fWm9Pn1Hdi+T5NfIy5mxefKzaUJbVL3hXSFAnjbEQATksRYwYv3M= =6tEx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zx4FCpZtqtKETZ7O-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/