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Date:   Sat, 18 Nov 2017 14:26:16 -0500
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>
Cc:     "linux-nfs @ vger . kernel . org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel @ vger . kernel . org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFSv4: Ensure gcc 4.4.4 can compile initialiser for
 "invalid_stateid"



On 11/18/2017 01:50 PM, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> gcc 4.4.4 is too old to have full C11 anonymous union support, so
> the current initialiser fails to compile.
> 
> Reported-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>


(compile-)Tested-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> ---
>   fs/nfs/nfs4state.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
> index 980462d577ca..231b5ea2464a 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
> @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ const nfs4_stateid zero_stateid = {
>   };
>   const nfs4_stateid invalid_stateid = {
>   	{
> -		.seqid = cpu_to_be32(0xffffffffU),
> -		.other = { 0 },
> +		/* Funky initialiser keeps older gcc versions happy */
> +		.data = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0 },
>   	},
>   	.type = NFS4_INVALID_STATEID_TYPE,
>   };
>