linux-kernel - Re: sparse checking prevented by "net: fix kmemcheck annotations"

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Date:	Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:18:06 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sparse checking prevented by "net: fix kmemcheck annotations"

Eric Dumazet wrote:
> [PATCH] net: fix protocol sk_buff field
> 
> Commit e992cd9b72a18 (kmemcheck: make bitfield annotations truly no-ops
> when disabled) allows us to revert a workaround we did in the past to
> not add holes in sk_buff structure.
> 
> This patch partially reverts commit 14d18a81b5171
> (net: fix kmemcheck annotations) so that sparse doesnt complain:
> 
> include/linux/skbuff.h:357:41: error: invalid bitfield specifier for
> type restricted __be16.

Great, very appreciated.
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