From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: more spewage (Re: sparse segfault on ppc64) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:50:09 -0700 Message-ID: <20070326115009.3991343a.rdunlap@xenotime.net> References: <20070322073344.GU4095@ftp.linux.org.uk> <20070322070354.GA22151@chrisli.org> <20070322171118.GL15364@redhat.com> <20070322221050.GC22151@chrisli.org> <20070323150459.52b02342.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20070323233127.GA10115@uranus.ravnborg.org> <20070323164307.3e2e2803.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20070324064456.GA13745@uranus.ravnborg.org> <20070324094648.60505bd3.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20070326180741.GA24841@chrisli.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:48203 "HELO xenotime.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752974AbXCZSs6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:48:58 -0400 Received: from midway.site ([71.245.96.31]) by xenotime.net for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:48:53 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20070326180741.GA24841@chrisli.org> Sender: linux-sparse-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org To: Christopher Li Cc: Linus Torvalds , Randy Dunlap , Sam Ravnborg , Dave Jones , Al Viro , linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:07:41 -0700 Christopher Li wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:02:22AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > Well, sparse is often also an "arbiter of good taste". > > > > "Technically correct" or "..but gcc accepts it" are secondary to "does the > > source make sense". > > > > For example, gcc accepts a *lot* of insanity when it comes to attributes > > in odd places. That doesn't necessarily mean that sparse should accept it. > > Points taken. Ack. > Sparse can parse it and warn about it. It is still better than > the obscure parser error from sparse. Yes, thanks. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***