Re: kernel/workqueue.c:4435:61: sparse: expression using sizeof bool

[Fengguang Wu]

On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 03:03:51PM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 02:15:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >   4434		/* copy worker description */
> > > > 4435		probe_kernel_read(&desc_valid, &worker->desc_valid, sizeof(desc_valid));
> > 
> > I don't understand the rationale for the sparse test, really.  This
> > code seems unproblematic.
> 
> Yeah, I've gotten that warning a couple times now and am just ignoring
> it at this point.  Maybe the standard says bool isn't a proper
> integeral type and its size isn't precisely defined or something?  I
> don't know.

Hmm, I'd better disable the warnings that are normally ignored anyway..

Thanks,
Fengguang
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