Re: [PATCH] fix flags length in net 9p

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 1 May 2008 17:08:05 -0400 (EDT)
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Some files in the net/9p directory uses "int" for flags. This can
> cause hard to find bugs on some architectures. This patch converts the
> flags to use "long" instead.

gargh.

> This bug was discovered by doing an allyesconfig make on the -rt kernel
> where checks are done to ensure all flags are of size sizeof(long).

I was about to suggest that we do something like that...

I wonder how messy it is.  I long ago lost the ability to follow the
convolutions in include/linux/spinlock*.h :(  gotta patch?

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