Hey, On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 09:42:09AM +0800, Fengguang Wu wrote: > > > 4433 /* copy worker description */ > > > > 4434 probe_kernel_read(&desc_valid, &worker->desc_valid, > > > > sizeof(desc_valid)); > > > 4435 if (desc_valid) > > > > I don't know what to make of this warning. Yes, it's probing a bool > > variable and of course using sizeof(bool) to do that. Why does sparse > > complain about this? > > I guess sparse warns on sizeof(bool) because it is compiler defined. > It may be 1, 4, or even 8 depending on the gcc version and platform.
Yeah, it's copying out a bool so as long as that's the actual size, it's okay. I mean, it's not like sizeof(long) is constant across platforms. I'm gonna ignore it but still curious what the warning is good for. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
