* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

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> 
> 
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > So i'd suggest changing nr_cpu_ids to unsigned int [unless there's some strong 
> > reason to have it signed] plus doing something like:
> > 
> > 	if (len < (nr_cpu_ids >> BITS_PER_BYTE_BITS))
> 
> No workee.
> 
> It really should round up.

Indeed.

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> If you worry about code generation, I'd suggest looking at whether 
> nr_cpu_ids could just be made unsigned.
> 
> Anyway, this all was _not_ the point of my original email. I really don't 
> care about this particular instance. I care more about the whole "in general 
> people should think _way_ more about validating user-supplied arguments than 
> clearly happened this time".

Yeah, no argument about that, point taken and accepted.

	Ingo
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