linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dlm: sparse endian annotations

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Message-ID: <20080716221201.GM28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:12:01 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc:	David Teigland <teigland@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dlm: sparse endian annotations

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 02:43:41PM -0700, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 22:38 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 01:16:07PM -0700, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > NAK on ones below.  You are only hiding the warnings; ...s() is not making
> > it any better.
> > 
> 
> I'd suggest that any use of {endian}s() points to code that should be
> looked at.  But if you'd also rather have the warnings, so be it.

Frankly, I would rather have the rest of byteswaps in dlm eliminated...
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