Re: [miniPATCH][RFC] Compilation fixes in the 2.5.44

[Andrey Panin]

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On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 09:44:21AM -0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> On 25 October 2002 04:28, Jan Marek wrote:
> > Hallo l-k,
> >
> > I'm beginner in the kernel hacking (or fixing ;-))).
> >
> > I have small patch, which is fixing some compilation errors (I'm
> > using gcc-2.95.4-17 from Debian sid).
> >
> > The first chunk fixed this warning:
> >
> > arch/i386/kernel/irq.c: In function `do_IRQ':
> > arch/i386/kernel/irq.c:331: warning: unused variable `esp'
> >
> > I move declaration of variable esp to the #ifdef blok, where it is
> > using...
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>         unsigned int status;
> -       long esp;
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>         irq_enter();
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>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
>         /* Debugging check for stack overflow: is there less than 1KB fre=
e? */
> +       long esp;
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> Most C compilers don't allow you to mix declarations and code.
> This is allowed only in new C standards. But GCC 3 seems to cope,
> so it's probably fine for new kernels.

This fragment must be fixed, look at Documentation/Changes:

"The recommended compiler for the kernel is gcc 2.95.x (x >=3D 3)"

Best regards.
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