linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/8] compiler-gcc.h: add more comments to RELOC

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0901151428020.28153@quilx.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:29:11 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, andi@...stfloor.org,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, rth@...ddle.net, sfr@...b.auug.org.au,
	travis@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/8] compiler-gcc.h: add more comments to RELOC_HIDE

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Rusty Russell wrote:

> > The cast should cause the C compiler to drop all assumptions about size.
>
> No, and that's the point.  Sorry, at this point you need to talk to a gcc expert.  As I have said, I did and I believe what he told me.

The gcc expert that created this measss is cced on this thread and so
far he not spoken up. Richard?


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