Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] compiler.h: don't use temporary variable in __compiletime_assert() | From | Johannes Berg <> | Date | Tue, 13 May 2014 09:31:33 +0200 |
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On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 14:16 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > I don't understand why your patch should break things, I suspect it's > > related to the sparse behaviour you're trying to work around, but can we > > please drop this patch until a more portable workaround can be found? > > Older gcc's often have this problem. > > I suppose that build bustage is more serious than sparse false > positives so yes, let's please try to find an alternative.
Since most people probably don't use sparse without compiling (in fact it's pretty difficult to do so) I'll just send a patch to disable __compiletime_assert for sparse - any objections?
johannes
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