Re: 2.4.9 does not compile [PATCH]

Ben LaHaise
2001-08-17T04:33:22Z

On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, David S. Miller wrote:

> Wrong. This is legal:
>
> int test(unsigned long a, int b)
> {
> return min(a, b);
> }
>
> And the compiler will warn about it with your typeof version.
> That is dumb and unacceptable.

I would hope that it would warn: what if a is the maximum size that an
array can be and b is a value passed in from userland? Most definately
not an expected result.

-ben