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Message-ID: <4B20FC2E.7050809@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:48:30 -0500
From:	William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: + net-ipv4-tcpc-fix-warning.patch added to -mm tree

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:45:53 -0500
> William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com> wrote:
>> I didn't have this warning, how in the world do you get it?
> 
> Used gcc-4.0.2.  They re-randomise the warnings with each release I think.
> 
Using gcc-4.4.1 here, and the usual 'make -s -j4 vmlinux'.


>> This is what David calls my "anal" coding style.  I check everything,
>> because someday somebody else might make a change, and it's important
>> that such problems be detected.  In this case, I assume the compiler
>> will compile them out or it would have no effect, and commented that
>> it should be impossible.
>>
>> Your test should probably be TCP_MSS_DEFAULT < TCP_COOKIE_PAIR_SIZE
> 
> I'd say just delete it ;)
> 
Well, David said he would, but nothing seems to have happened, so I'll
send a short patch in my next message.
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