linux-kernel - Re: ftrace breaks sparc64 build

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Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:52:10 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	sparclinux <sparclinux@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ftrace breaks sparc64 build

On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 02:34:42PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 11:35:43AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 07:53:04AM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > 
> > > The __crc_... reference is definitely bogus - none should survive with the
> > > new .c->.o rule. Could you find out what object file they originate from?
> > 
> > So can you, by use of arcane tool known as "grep"...  It's in kernel/softirq.c
> > and that's genksyms parser being fucked in head.  Look for TYPEOF_KEYW
> > in parse.y and you'll see.  Especially amusing part is a kludge from
> > commit a89a0a2354ae666612968e254d650bfd04f11eb6...
> 
> Any feedback on what to do to make it better?
> Never used typeof myself so I do not know the exact syntax.

Same as that of sizeof.  I.e. typeof(<type-name>) or typeof <unary-expression>.

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