Re: [PATCH] 64bit unaligned access on 32bit kernel

[Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>]

>>>>> On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:05:52 -0800, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> said:
>> Use __u64 instead of __typeof__(*(ptr)) for temporary variable to
>> get rid of errors on gcc 4.x.

akpm> I worry about what impact that change might have on code
akpm> generation.  Hopefully none, if gcc is good enough.

akpm> But I cannot think of a better fix.

As I tested on MIPS gcc 3.x, the impact is not none, but not so huge.
And it becomes much smaller with gcc 4.x.

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Atsushi Nemoto
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