linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Eliminate atleast 10684 sparse warnings

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Message-Id: <20081227020734.3592507e.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:07:34 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, randy.dunlap@...cle.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Eliminate atleast 10684 sparse warnings

On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:21:36 +0530 Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...radead.org> wrote:

>  #ifdef CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
> -# define POISON_POINTER_DELTA CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
> +# define POISON_POINTER_DELTA _AC(CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE, UL)
>  #else
>  # define POISON_POINTER_DELTA 0
>  #endif

So now

commit 948f984df52511bb0efa5c026813b0c34de43aa0
Author:     Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
AuthorDate: Tue May 20 14:39:25 2008 +0300
Commit:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Tue May 20 13:42:31 2008 +0200

    core, x86: make LIST_POISON less deadly

gets splattered across three commits (at least).  Sigh.

(how come that patch is 7 moonths old and still unmerged, btw?)
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