linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slab: fix kmem_ptr

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612140839440.28557@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:40:26 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab: fix kmem_ptr_validate prototype

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Some fallout of: 2e892f43ccb602e8ffad73396a1000f2040c9e0b
> 
>   CC mm/slab.o /usr/src/linux-2.6-git/mm/slab.c:3557: error: conflicting 
> types for ÿÿkmem_ptr_validateÿÿ 
> /usr/src/linux-2.6-git/include/linux/slab.h:58: error: previous 
> declaration of ÿÿkmem_ptr_validateÿÿ was here

Why do we need the fastcall there? What is its role?