Re: [UPDATED PATCH] fix memory corruption from misinterpreted bad_inode_ops return values

[Al Viro]

On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 11:09:31AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
 
> But I'd argue we should only do it if there is an actual 
> honest-to-goodness reason to do so.

How about "makes call graph analysis easier"? ;-)  In principle, I have
no problem with force-casting, but it'd better be cast to the right
type...

(And yes, there's a bunch of sparse-based fun in making dealing with
call graph analysis and sane annotations needed for that).
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