Re: arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c warning fixes

mikpe@csd.uu.se
Thu, 22 May 2003 18:07:43 +0200


William Lee Irwin III writes:
> diff -prauN mm8-2.5.69-1/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c mm8-2.5.69-2/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c
> --- mm8-2.5.69-1/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c 2003-05-22 04:54:48.000000000 -0700
> +++ mm8-2.5.69-2/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c 2003-05-22 08:06:13.000000000 -0700
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void __init MP_processor_info (struct mp
>
> num_processors++;
>
> - if (m->mpc_apicid > MAX_APICS) {
> + if (MAX_APICS - m->mpc_apicid <= 0) {
> printk(KERN_WARNING "Processor #%d INVALID. (Max ID: %d).\n",
> m->mpc_apicid, MAX_APICS);
> --num_processors;

Eeew. Whatever the original problem is, this "fix" is just too obscure and ugly.
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