Re: [PATCH] reduce sizeof(struct file)

From: Al Viro
Date: Fri Sep 23 2005 - 19:20:52 EST


On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 01:30:21AM +0200, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> How about anonymous unions ? gcc-3.3.3 and above support them.
> Is 2.6 supposed to be built with 2.95 ?

NAK. For one thing, yes, it is supposed to be built with 2.95. For
another, they do not buy you anything - few enough places use either
field, so there is no point in hiding that union.
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