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| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2009-05-08 18:29:27 -0700 |
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| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2009-05-08 18:29:27 -0700 |
| commit | d585a021c0b10b0477d6b608c53e1feb8cde0507 (patch) | |
| tree | 5ca059da1db7f15d4b29427644ad9c08270c885c /Documentation/sparse.txt | |
| parent | 84e5b0d00f8f84c4ae226be131d4bebbcee88bd3 (diff) | |
| parent | 091bf7624d1c90cec9e578a18529f615213ff847 (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc5' into next
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diff --git a/Documentation/sparse.txt b/Documentation/sparse.txt index 42f43fa59f2..34c76a55bc0 100644 --- a/Documentation/sparse.txt +++ b/Documentation/sparse.txt @@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ sure that bitwise types don't get mixed up (little-endian vs big-endian vs cpu-endian vs whatever), and there the constant "0" really _is_ special. +__bitwise__ - to be used for relatively compact stuff (gfp_t, etc.) that +is mostly warning-free and is supposed to stay that way. Warnings will +be generated without __CHECK_ENDIAN__. + +__bitwise - noisy stuff; in particular, __le*/__be* are that. We really +don't want to drown in noise unless we'd explicitly asked for it. + + Getting sparse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |