Re: [PATCH] 2.4.21-rc1: byteorder.h breaks with __STRICT_ANSI__defined (trivial)

[Martin Schlemmer]

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 20:32, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 19:37, David S. Miller wrote:
> > On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 19:36:39 +0200
> > Martin Schlemmer <azarah@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 04:19, David S. Miller wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 02:16, Thomas Horsten wrote: 
> > > > > The following patch fixes the problem:
> > > >
> > > > Making the u64 swabbing functions unavailable is not an 
> > > > acceptable solution. 
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Sorry to dig this up again, but wont __STRICT_ANSI__ assume
> > > that the program will not use u64 functions (as the program/compiler
> > > is supposed to adhere to ansi standards)?
> > 
> > It may make indirect use of inline functions in the kernel headers
> > in question, which themselves need to use the u64 type.
> 
> Right, thanks.

Actually, so what ?

If we use -ansi, it means we in theory only use u16 and u32 as
data types, and if the library that was compiled with u64 support
wish to convert the u32 array/buffer pointer we pass to it to
u64, it should make sure it setup things correctly.

Ok, so maybe above is not a case to work on, but if I write an
app that use only 32bit data types, and it links to a library that
also handles 64bit, it does not matter, as I do not call the functions
that handle 64bit data types, no ?


Thanks,

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Martin Schlemmer

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