Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:33:02 -0800 | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/mm] x86, mm: Use a bitfield to mask nuisance get_user() warnings |
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On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:37 PM, tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > > However, we can declare a bitfield using sizeof(), which is legal > because sizeof() is a constant expression. This quiets the warning, > although the code generated isn't 100% identical from the baseline > before 96477b4 x86-32: Add support for 64bit get_user():
Christ. This is so ugly that it's almost a work of art.
Has anybody run this past any gcc developers? And if so, did they run away screaming?
Linus
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