Re: [PATCH V2] sparse: Allow override of sizeof(bool) warning

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Feb 26 2014 - 22:29:38 EST


On 02/26/2014 06:58 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 06:53:14PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>> Allow an override to emit or not the sizeof(bool) warning
>> Add a description to the manpage.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>

I have to admit that this particular warning is a bit odd to me. I'm
wondering what kind of bugs it was intended to catch.

In particular, things that incorrectly assumes the size of bool to be
anything in particular would seem unlikely to actually use sizeof().

-hpa


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