* Paolo Ciarrocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > i.e. take the implicit assignment out of the condition. (it's easy
> > to mistake it for '==' while reviewing the code and forgetting about
> > the assignment's side-effect)
>
> OK, thanks.
>
> Is the following correct?
>
> Before:
> if (!(entry = create_proc_entry("prof_cpu_mask", 0600, root_irq_dir)))
>
> After:
> entry = create_proc_entry("prof_cpu_mask", 0600, root_irq_dir)
> if (!entry)
>
> BTW, how can i compile only the profile.c file?
make kernel/profile.o
> I would like to verify that my changes (now I'm at total: 2 errors, 1
> warnings, 599 lines checked) doesn't impact on the compiled code?
check out:
http://people.redhat.com/mingo/misc/q-size-obj-compare
which does a size and md5 comparison. (assuming your patch is in a quilt
queue) But if you reorder symbols (due to the EXPORT_SYMBOL moving) the
md5 might differ. (but size should still be the same)
Ingo
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