On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 16:51 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > 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.
I tested using arch/x86/crypto/ x86-64 and 32 and there are no .o file differences using bool or long via objdump -d new and old > > 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. Yeah, it was just for discussion. I think gcc 4.8 is overly noisy about those 2. -- 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/
