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Message-ID: <50902BFC.4090309@converseincode.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:35:24 -0400
From:	Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	balbi@...com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Helper macros used for replacing the use of VLAIS

On 12-10-30 03:20 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 02:25:19PM -0400, Behan Webster wrote:
>> The use of variable length arrays in structs (VLAIS) in the Linux Kernel code
>> precludes the use of compilers which don't implement VLAIS (for instance the
>> Clang compiler). This new header file contains macros which can be used to
>> calculate the size and offset of variables in an allocated buffer of memory
>> taking into account alignment issues.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
>> ---
>>   include/linux/valign.h |   87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 include/linux/valign.h
> You sent the same patch here, to two different trees (usb and
> networking).  That's not good, what happens if they both apply them?
Good point. My mistake.

People in both subsystems needed to see the patch which is why I sent them.

What would have been a better approach? And how can I fix this?

Behan

-- 
Behan Webster
behanw@...verseincode.com

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