Re: [PATCH] slab gcc fix

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Dec 13 2005 - 16:39:35 EST


Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Since we no longer support 2.95, we can get rid of this ugly thing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
>
> Index: linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm2/mm/slab.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm2.orig/mm/slab.c 2005-12-13 13:18:48.000000000 -0800
> +++ linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm2/mm/slab.c 2005-12-13 13:19:11.000000000 -0800
> @@ -265,11 +265,10 @@ struct array_cache {
> unsigned int batchcount;
> unsigned int touched;
> spinlock_t lock;
> - void *entry[0]; /*
> + void *entry[]; /*

There are hundreds of instances of this under include/. I think we just
live with it.

Plus the gcc-2.95 abandonment is tentative for now, so let's not go nuts.
It's conceivable that someone has a good reason for needing it retained - we'll
see.
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