linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:00:52 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks

Tejun Heo wrote:
> * Passing NULL as data to callback which takes non-void pointer
>   triggers warning.  I think this should be allowed.  Something like
>   the following?

Please ignore the last sentence.

> * Allowing non-pointer integral types which fit into pointer would be
>   nice.  It's often convenient to pass integers to simple callbacks.
> 
> The following macro kinda-sorta achieves the above two but it doesn't
> consider promotion of integer types and thus is too strict.  There
> gotta be some way.

What should be do are

* Check that the threadfn's argument fits into void *.

* Trigger overflow in implicit constant conversion warning if the
specified data is too large for the argument type.

Tricky...

-- 
tejun
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