Re: kmalloc question

[Momchil Velikov <velco@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx> writes:

Jan> On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:40:05 +0300, Momchil Velikov wrote:
>> >>>>> "Huang" == Huang, Roy <roy.huang@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Huang> or the argument of fix_to_virt( ) is not a constant, the compiler issues
Huang> an error during the linking phase because the symbol _
Huang> _this_fixmap_does_not_exist is not defined elsewhere.
>> 
>> Which is an utter stupidity, as no compiler is _required_ to do so.

Jan> Linux kernel is NOT written in C. It is written in GNU C. 

Which is an utter stupidity.

Jan> And it is written so, that it is only compilable with
Jan> optimizations turned on.

Which is an utter stupidity.

Jan> Under that circumstances, the linker error is guaranteed to only
Jan> occur in and only in the errorneous cases.

Subject to more constraints, like constant arguments, etc.  Which is
an utter stupidity.

~velco

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