Re: [PATCH] printk.c: use ints instead of longs for logbuf index

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:32:12 -0800 Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: [PATCH] printk.c: use ints instead of longs for logbuf index "unsigned ints". It matters - using ints would fill the code with bugs. > Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:32:12 -0800 > User-A

[PATCH] printk.c: use ints instead of longs for logbuf index

Hi Andrew, This patch stops using unsigned _longs_ for printk buffer indexes. Log buffer is way smaller than 2 gigabytes and unsigned ints will work too . Indeed, they do work nicely on all 32-bit platforms where longs and ints are the same. With this patch, we have following size savings on amd6