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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@zip.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Important per-cpu fix. 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 03 Sep 2002 23:19:07 MST."
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In message <20020903.231907.21327801.davem@redhat.com> you write:
> 
> Actually Rusty what's the big deal, add an "initializer"
> arg to the macro.  It doesn't hurt anyone, it doesn't lose
> any space in the kernel image, and the macro arg reminds
> people to do it.
> 
> I think it's a small price to pay to keep a longer range
> of compilers supported :-)

I disagree.  They might not have a convenient (static) initializer, in
which case it's simply cruel and unusual, to work around an obscure
compiler bug.

Rusty.
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  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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