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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:33:20 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: chuck.lever@...cle.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: Remove unneeded type cast in skb_truesize_check() From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:59:26 -0500 > If that's truly the case, document the requirement (perhaps using > something the compiler itself can verify) instead of using a clever > type cast trick. Feel free to submit such a change. > Here's the problem with leaving these little surprises in commonly used > kernel headers. Suppose the developer of a network driver or network > file system that uses one of these headers wants to employ static code > analysis to identify issues introduced by new patches to their > subsystem. The tool warnings generated in kernel headers are just > noise, and make using such code analysis difficult. Here's the problem with submitting patches fixing non-bugs and removing useful assertions from kernel. I won't apply them. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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