Re: [PATCHv2] selftests: timens: exec: use 'labs()' over 'abs()'

From: Anders Roxell
Date: Thu Nov 11 2021 - 03:26:49 EST


On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 at 21:11, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 12:09 PM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 10:04 AM Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > When building selftests/timens with clang, the compiler warn about the
> > > function abs() see below:
> > >
> > > exec.c:33:8: error: absolute value function 'abs' given an argument of type 'long' but has parameter of type 'int' which may cause truncation of value [-Werror,-Wabsolute-value]
> > > if (abs(tst.tv_sec - now.tv_sec) > 5)
> > > ^
> > > exec.c:33:8: note: use function 'labs' instead
> > > if (abs(tst.tv_sec - now.tv_sec) > 5)
> > > ^~~
> > > labs
> > >
> > > Rework to store the time difference in a 'long long' and pass that to
> > > llabs(), since the variable can be an 'int', 'long' or 'long long'
> > > depending on the architecture and C library.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Thanks for the patch!
> > Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ah, gmail doesn't do a great job at showing the subject when a v2 is
> sent in-reply-to.

oh right, sorry.

> Should the oneline mention llabs rather than labs
> now?

You are correct, can this be changed when the patch gets applied or
should I send a v3?

Cheers,
Anders