From 20375bf82567b5fecd331048c6cc1fc292b67710 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Ravnborg Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:18:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: explain the difference between __bitwise and __bitwise__ Simply added explanation from Al Viro in the following mail: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0802.2/3164.html Cc: Al Viro Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg --- Documentation/sparse.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~