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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:51:58 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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Subject: Re: The sheer number of sparse warnings in the kernel
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On 02/26/2014 04:48 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> err.h could also return bool instead of long for the
> IS_ERR and IS_ERR_OR_NULL tests.

This is definitely true... although we should check that that doesn't
make the code worse as this is used *all over* the kernel.

> Maybe something like this could be useful.
> 
> Shut up the unsigned<->signed pointer conversions
> and implicit conversions in the Makefile.

Sounds like two separate patches to me.

	-hpa


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