Re: Broken __get_unaligned from <asm-generic/unaligned.h>

[Andreas Schwab]

Russell King <rmk+lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 03:42:05PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> __get_unaligned can't cope with const-qualified types:
>> 
>> drivers/char/vc_screen.c: In function 'vcs_write':
>> drivers/char/vc_screen.c:422: error: assignment of read-only variable 'val'
>> drivers/char/vc_screen.c:422: error: assignment of read-only variable 'val'
>> drivers/char/vc_screen.c:422: error: assignment of read-only variable 'val'
>> drivers/char/vc_screen.c:422: error: assignment of read-only variable 'val'
>
> What if get_unaligned is used with a u64 / long long type (which it is)?

Oops, I missed that, it needs a different approach.

Andreas.

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