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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-staging] [xen-unstable] [XEN] Avoid void* arith

To: Jimi Xenidis <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-staging] [xen-unstable] [XEN] Avoid void* arithmetic in kexec ELF note manipulations.
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:56:05 +0000
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On 22/1/07 15:46, "Jimi Xenidis" <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> hmm, when this came up for PPC I thought we all agreed that GCC void*
> arithmetic was legal and Linux code requires it
>    http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2006-08/
> msg01517.html
> 
> Are we changing that?

Not really. But I'd say that char* arithmetic is a bit clearer, and if
someone wants to spend their time getting rid of void* arithmetic in
non-linux files then that's okay by me.

 -- Keir


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