linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: Fix checkstack warning in bunzip2 library

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Message-ID: <4BFDB5A1.2000502@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 May 2010 16:58:25 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, vgoyal@...hat.com, mjg@...hat.com,
	arozansk@...hat.com, Phillip Lougher <phillip@...gher.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Fix checkstack warning in bunzip2 library

On 05/26/2010 04:55 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> hm, I'm not sure that checkstack warnings are very relevant in the
> contexts where this code executes, but the change is clean enough and
> squishing a warning is good.

This code may be used by squashfs or btrfs, at least in the future, and
in those contexts it's highly relevant indeed.

	-hpa
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