On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 09:15:34PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> Speaking of that... IMO we should do the following:
>
> a) typedef unsigned int __nocast gfp_t;
> b) replace __nocast uses for gfp flags with gfp_t - it gives exactly the same
> warnings as far as sparse is concerned, doesn't change generated code and
> documents what's going on far better. If we are using __nocast for anything
> else - sure, let it stay.
> c) then replace __nocast in declaration of gfp_t with __bitwise [*], add
> force cast to gfp_t to definitions of __GFP_... and deal with resulting
> warnings.
>
> Objections?
None from me, this will be a good thing to have.
thanks,
greg k-h
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