Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix flags length in net 9p | From | Daniel Walker <> | Date | Thu, 01 May 2008 15:01:18 -0700 |
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On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 00:41 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > The check that's in -rt for this uses BUILD_BUG_ON(), and it's extremely > > cryptic when there is a failure .. Most people will be baffled why the > > build stopped. If a check went into mainline it should at least give you > > some sort of idea what's happening .. > > A cryptic compile error is _much_ better than a hard to find runtime > error.
I think we ultimately want something informative if it's possible. That's what I want.
Daniel
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