[PATCH v2] powerpc: change rheap functions to use ulongs instead of pointers
Timur Tabi
timur at freescale.com
Tue Apr 10 07:25:03 EST 2007
Timur Tabi wrote:
> The rheap allocation functions return a pointer, but the actual value is based
> on how the heap was initialized, and so it can be anything, e.g. an offset
> into a buffer. A ulong is a better representation of the value returned by
> the allocation functions.
No comments on this patch? Does this mean that you all think it's okay for 2.6.22?
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Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale
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