From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Behan Webster <behanw@converseincode.com>
Cc: balbi@ti.com, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Helper macros used for replacing the use of VLAIS
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:20:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121030192021.GA1979@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1351621520-17768-2-git-send-email-behanw@converseincode.com>
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 02:25:19PM -0400, Behan Webster wrote:
> The use of variable length arrays in structs (VLAIS) in the Linux Kernel code
> precludes the use of compilers which don't implement VLAIS (for instance the
> Clang compiler). This new header file contains macros which can be used to
> calculate the size and offset of variables in an allocated buffer of memory
> taking into account alignment issues.
>
> Signed-off-by: Behan Webster <behanw@converseincode.com>
> ---
> include/linux/valign.h | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 include/linux/valign.h
You sent the same patch here, to two different trees (usb and
networking). That's not good, what happens if they both apply them?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-30 19:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-30 18:25 [PATCH 0/2] Removing the use of VLAIS from the Linux Kernel Behan Webster
2012-10-30 18:25 ` [PATCH 1/2] Helper macros used for replacing the use of VLAIS Behan Webster
2012-10-30 19:20 ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-10-30 19:35 ` Behan Webster
2012-10-30 19:40 ` Greg KH
2012-10-30 18:25 ` [PATCH 2/2] Remove VLAIS usage from gadget code Behan Webster
2012-11-01 15:38 ` Joseph Glanville
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2012-10-30 18:42 [PATCH 0/2] Removing the use of VLAIS from netfilter Behan Webster
2012-10-30 18:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] Helper macros used for replacing the use of VLAIS Behan Webster
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