Re: [PATCH] Re: [ipchains] logging tcp/udp port numbers
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
20 Nov 1998 07:49:29 GMT
Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.95.981119094910.2684B-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
By author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Well, the argument against that is that va_args _shouldn't_do_that_then_.
>
> va_args() is a compiler specific thing anyway, and as such it would not be
> problematic to just make it do the right thing.
>
> I've changed the Linux kernel to do what the standard obviously says has
> to be done, but I'm just grumbling about a _stupid_ standard. va_args()
> should _know_ that short is promoted and do the right thing.
>
> Linus
>
This is true, but the fact of the matter is that it is really just a
fairly simple-minded macro to read a stack display on most machines
and compilers.
-hpa
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