Re: [PATCH] Important per-cpu fix.

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Wed, 04 Sep 2002 17:38:48 +1000

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.

Rusty.

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