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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-04-13 14:41:05 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-04-13 14:41:05 -0700 |
| commit | 83400207a07584539366f6859362db6872809a12 (patch) | |
| tree | fad187f8b3bebf1b387ec42ef8143e6f4e49a256 /Documentation/sparse.txt | |
| parent | 0d489ffb76de0fe804cf06a9d4d11fa7342d74b9 (diff) | |
| parent | 80a04d3f2f94fb68b5df05e3ac6697130bc3467a (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/sparse.txt b/Documentation/sparse.txt index 42f43fa..34c76a5 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
