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From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, suparna@in.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Writeback page range hint
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 02:18:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040824011822.GB15668@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040823181400.7d721370.akpm@osdl.org>

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 06:14:00PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

 > >   > +	int nonblocking:1;		/* Don't get stuck on request queues */
 > >   > +	int encountered_congestion:1;	/* An output: a queue is full */
 > >   > +	int for_kupdate:1;		/* A kupdate writeback */
 > >   > +	int for_reclaim:1;		/* Invoked from the page allocator */
 > > 
 > >  Causes sparse spew..
 > > 
 > >  include/linux/writeback.h:54:19: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
 > >  include/linux/writeback.h:55:30: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
 > >  include/linux/writeback.h:56:19: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
 > >  include/linux/writeback.h:57:19: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
 > 
 > That's fussy of it.  I assume this shuts it up?

very likely (its 2am, and I'm feeling too lazy to check).
though, is there any real reason why they are bitfields at all ?

I'll double check it in the morning when the nightly sparse cron jobs mail me 8-)

		Dave



  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-24  1:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200408232138.i7NLcfJd019125@hera.kernel.org>
2004-08-24  1:07 ` [PATCH] Writeback page range hint Dave Jones
2004-08-24  1:14   ` Andrew Morton
2004-08-24  1:18     ` Dave Jones [this message]
2004-08-24  1:21       ` Andrew Morton
2004-08-24  1:29   ` wli

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