linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/06] Fix compilation warning for fs/ubifs/commit.c

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Message-ID: <4A5F12FB.2050302@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:46:03 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	subrata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
CC:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...ia.com>,
	Sachin P Sant <sachinp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/06] Fix compilation warning for fs/ubifs/commit.c

Subrata Modak wrote:
>> Well, I just thought this type of warnings and way of fixing is very
>> standard because I saw many similar fixes all over the place.
> 
> Correct. There has been other warning fixes i have sent to LKML, where i
> have tweaked the code to fix the compilation, but, code tweaking may not
> be possible in this case.

Wrong goal.  The goal of a patch should be to improve the code.

To remove false-positive warnings from compilation can only be a 
secondary goal.

(See my other post.)

BTW, which compiler do you use?  I quickly enabled ubifs here, first 
without and then with its various sub-uptions, but didn't get a warning 
here with "gcc (Gentoo 4.3.2-r3 p1.6, pie-10.1.5) 4.3.2".
-- 
Stefan Richter
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