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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Adam Kropelin <akropel1@rochester.rr.com>, Paul.Clements@steeleye.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [2.6 patch] drivers/block/nbd.c: don't defer compile error to runtime
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:36:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060220223625.GO4661@stusta.de> (raw)

If we can detect a problem at compile time, the compilation should fail.


Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

---

This patch was already sent on:
- 3 Sep 2005

--- linux-2.6.13-mm1-full/drivers/block/nbd.c.old	2005-09-02 23:48:27.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.13-mm1-full/drivers/block/nbd.c	2005-09-03 01:08:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -643,10 +643,7 @@
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	int i;
 
-	if (sizeof(struct nbd_request) != 28) {
-		printk(KERN_CRIT "nbd: sizeof nbd_request needs to be 28 in order to work!\n" );
-		return -EIO;
-	}
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct nbd_request) != 28);
 
 	if (nbds_max > MAX_NBD) {
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "nbd: cannot allocate more than %u nbds; %u requested.\n", MAX_NBD,


             reply	other threads:[~2006-02-20 22:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-20 22:36 Adrian Bunk [this message]
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2005-09-02 22:10 [2.6 patch] drivers/block/nbd.c: don't defer compile error to runtime Adrian Bunk
2005-09-02 23:20 ` Adam Kropelin
2005-09-02 23:24   ` Adrian Bunk

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