Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Important per-cpu fix. | Date | Wed, 04 Sep 2002 17:38:48 +1000 |
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In message <20020903.231907.21327801.davem@redhat.com> you write: > > Actually Rusty what's the big deal, add an "initializer" > arg to the macro. It doesn't hurt anyone, it doesn't lose > any space in the kernel image, and the macro arg reminds > people to do it. > > I think it's a small price to pay to keep a longer range > of compilers supported :-)
I disagree. They might not have a convenient (static) initializer, in which case it's simply cruel and unusual, to work around an obscure compiler bug.
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