Re: Linux 3.1-rc9

[Martin Schwidefsky]

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:48:33 -0700
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 10/17/2011 12:55 AM, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> > 
> > I introduced those macros to find all the places in the kernel operating
> > on a cputime value. The additional debug patch defined cputime_t as a
> > struct which contained a single u64. That way I got a compiler error
> > for every place I missed.
> > 
> 
> And was there a reason that that structure thingy didn't get merged?

Oh yes, it is fragile, hackish and ugly as hell.

-- 
blue skies,
   Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.

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