On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:26:37AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:46:25 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> >
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23-rc8/2.6.23-rc8-mm1/
> >
> > - Various fixes against 2.6.23-rc7-mm1.
> >
> >
> > git-unionfs.patch
>
> in unionfs debug.c:
>
> #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
> #define POISONED_PTR ((void*) 0x5a5a5a5a)
> #elif BITS_PER_LONG == 64
> #define POISONED_PTR ((void*) 0x5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5a)
> #else
> #error Unknown BITS_PER_LONG value
> #endif /* BITS_PER_LONG != known */
>
>
> We try to keep all poison values in include/linux/poison.h so that
> when digging around for them, it's easier to locate the one in
> question.
Right. I didn't want to introduce this kind of ifdef, the 0x5a pattern is
also the same as POISON_INUSE. I guess, using the 32-bit poison value should
be good enough anyway.
> Also, on x86_64, the 64-bit version wants a L or UL suffix:
>
> fs/unionfs/debug.c:96:30: warning: constant 0x5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5a is so big it is long
> fs/unionfs/debug.c:264:30: warning: constant 0x5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5a is so big it is long
Strange...I didn't get the warning when I compile tested; but it's valid.
Josef 'Jeff' Sipek.
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