From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Alexandru Ardelean <aardelean@baylibre.com>
Cc: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
jic23@kernel.org, bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] util_macros.h: fix/rework find_closest() macros
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:59:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241031185906.064d733825c176addd48a733@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241031063707.795842-1-aardelean@baylibre.com>
On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:37:06 +0200 Alexandru Ardelean <aardelean@baylibre.com> wrote:
> A bug was found in the find_closest() (find_closest_descending() is also
> affected after some testing), where for certain values with small
> progressions, the rounding (done by averaging 2 values) causes an incorrect
> index to be returned.
Please help us understand the userspace-visible effects of this bug.
Do you believe the bug is sufficiently serious to justify backporting
these fixes into earlier kernel versions? If so, are you able to help
us identify a suitable Fixes: target?
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-11-01 1:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-31 6:37 Alexandru Ardelean
2024-10-31 6:37 ` [PATCH 2/2] lib: util_macros_kunit: add kunit test for util_macros.h Alexandru Ardelean
2024-11-01 1:59 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2024-11-01 9:07 ` [PATCH 1/2] util_macros.h: fix/rework find_closest() macros Alexandru Ardelean
2024-11-01 20:04 ` Andrew Morton
2024-11-05 7:15 ` Alexandru Ardelean
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