linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NFSv4: Ensure gcc 4.4.4 can compile initialiser for "invalid

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXF=n0Wy1PZi5smz-MS4JUbUBfnfeVO9NtJwj2sxUttSQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 19 Nov 2017 11:58:56 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>
Cc:     Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        "linux-nfs @ vger . kernel . org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel @ vger . kernel . org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFSv4: Ensure gcc 4.4.4 can compile initialiser for "invalid_stateid"

On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Trond Myklebust
<trond.myklebust@...marydata.com> wrote:
> gcc 4.4.4 is too old to have full C11 anonymous union support, so
> the current initialiser fails to compile.

Thanks! Works fine with gcc-4.1.2, too.

> Reported-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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