Re: [PATCH] Important per-cpu fix.

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Date: Fri Sep 06 2002 - 04:57:43 EST


Hi!

> > Actually Rusty what's the big deal, add an "initializer"
> > arg to the macro. It doesn't hurt anyone, it doesn't lose
> > any space in the kernel image, and the macro arg reminds
> > people to do it.
> >
> > I think it's a small price to pay to keep a longer range
> > of compilers supported :-)
>
> I disagree. They might not have a convenient (static) initializer, in
> which case it's simply cruel and unusual, to work around an obscure
> compiler bug.

Ugh? of course it will always have convient initializer, namely zero.

                                                                Pavel

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