Re: [patch 1/4] net: percpufy frequently used vars -- addpercpu_counter_mod_bh

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Mar 08 2006 - 21:31:38 EST


Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > x86_64 is signed 32-bit!
>
> I'll change it. You want signed 64bit?
>

Well it's all random at present. Since the API is defined as unsigned I
guess it's be best to make it unsigned for now. Later, when someone gets
down to making it signed and reviewing all the users they can flip x86_64
to signed along with the rest of the architectures.

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