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From: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:58:33 +0000
Subject: Re: Memory corruption due to word sharing
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	(Linus Torvalds's message of "Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:44:05 -0800")
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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>, Torvald Riegel <triegel@redhat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, dsterba@suse.cz, ptesarik@suse.cz, rguenther@suse.de, gcc@gcc.gnu.org

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> Seriously - is there any real argument *against* just using the base
> type as a hint for access size?

If I'm on the hook for attempting to fix this again, I'd also like to
know if there are any arguments against using the base type.