linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] diskquota: 32bit quota tools on 64bit architectures

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Message-Id: <200610251350.23748.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:50:21 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Vasily Tarasov <vtaras@...nvz.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Roman Kagan <rkagan@...ru>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dmitry Mishin <dim@...nvz.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Vasily Averin <vvs@...ru>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...nvz.org>,
	OpenVZ Developers List <devel@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diskquota: 32bit quota tools on 64bit architectures

On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:25, Vasily Tarasov wrote:
> Actually I didn't use __attribute__, 'case I'v heard,  that this isn't
> encouraged now to use __attribute__((...)) in kernel. But if you think it
> is ok, and even preferable, I will definitely redo it!

You shouldn't use attributes in ABI headers, because they are
not interpreted correctly by every compiler. For stuff inside
of the kernel, I don't see a reason against it.

	Arnd <><
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