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From: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com
Subject: Re: [Drbd-dev] drbd sparse warnings
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 10:07:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201005281007.11478.philipp.reisner@linbit.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100526190403.fcf8d536.rdunlap@xenotime.net>

Am Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2010, um 04:04:03 schrieb Randy Dunlap:
> Hi,
> 
> When I build a Linux kernel with "make C=1" to invoke sparse,
> I see 135 sparse warnings like (shorter list):
> 
> 
> linux-2.6.34-git11/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h:931:39: error: attribute 'require_context': unknown attribute
> linux-2.6.34-git11/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h:1212:69: error: attribute 'require_context': unknown attribute
[...]

We have a patched sparse here. 

I tried to get those improvements into sparse upstream, but
at that time the sparse maintainer was not very active...

http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparse&m=120696665813430&w=4

> 
> What is the meaning and usage of require_context in drbd_int.h?
> 

I guess I will remove that stuff from DRBD in Linux mainline.

Or someone steps up, and helps to get those sparse improvements 
into sparse ;)

Best,
 Phil
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      reply	other threads:[~2010-05-28  8:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-27  2:04 [Drbd-dev] drbd sparse warnings Randy Dunlap
2010-05-28  8:07 ` Philipp Reisner [this message]

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