Re: [PATCH 6/7] md/raid10, LLVM: get rid of variable length array

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Mar 17 2017 - 14:04:25 EST


On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 01:32:00PM +0100, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> > IIUC there's only a handful of VLAIS instances in LLVM code, why not
> Sorry, "kernel code", not "LLVM code".
> > just drop them for the sake of better code portability?

And what happens if someone else adds a variable thing like this
somewhere else, builds with gcc, everything's fine and patch gets
applied? Or something else llvm can't stomach.

Does that mean there'll be the occasional, every-so-often whack-a-mole
patchset from someone, fixing the kernel build with llvm yet again?

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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