Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750827AbVIXAT7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:19:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751350AbVIXAT7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:19:59 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:38370 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750827AbVIXAT7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:19:59 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:19:58 +0100 From: Al Viro To: "J.A. Magallon" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] reduce sizeof(struct file) Message-ID: <20050924001958.GJ7992@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <17AB476A04B7C842887E0EB1F268111E026FC5@xpserver.intra.lexbox.org> <4333CF4C.2000306@anagramm.de> <4333D2AA.6020009@cosmosbay.com> <20050923100541.GA18447@infradead.org> <20050924013021.1130f3c8@werewolf.able.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050924013021.1130f3c8@werewolf.able.es> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 603 Lines: 12 On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 01:30:21AM +0200, J.A. Magallon wrote: > How about anonymous unions ? gcc-3.3.3 and above support them. > Is 2.6 supposed to be built with 2.95 ? NAK. For one thing, yes, it is supposed to be built with 2.95. For another, they do not buy you anything - few enough places use either field, so there is no point in hiding that union. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/