linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 2/3] Remove VLAIS usage from gadget code

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Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:28:38 +0200
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
CC:	<balbi@...com>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	<netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/3] Remove VLAIS usage from gadget code

hi,

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 05:18:56PM -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 patch instead calculates offsets into the kmalloc-ed
> memory buffer using macros from valign.h.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>

this won't apply after the current cleanups I applied to gadget code
from Sebastian.

If someone takes this patch, it will generate a series of annoying,
hard-to-figure-out conflicts (at least judging by the looks of
$SUBJECT).

-- 
balbi

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