Tejun Heo wrote: > * Passing NULL as data to callback which takes non-void pointer > triggers warning. I think this should be allowed. Something like > the following?
Please ignore the last sentence. > * Allowing non-pointer integral types which fit into pointer would be > nice. It's often convenient to pass integers to simple callbacks. > > The following macro kinda-sorta achieves the above two but it doesn't > consider promotion of integer types and thus is too strict. There > gotta be some way. What should be do are * Check that the threadfn's argument fits into void *. * Trigger overflow in implicit constant conversion warning if the specified data is too large for the argument type. Tricky... -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
