Re: [PATCH] Writeback page range hint

[wli]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:07:23AM +0100, Dave Jones wrote:
> Causes sparse spew..
> include/linux/writeback.h:54:19: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
> include/linux/writeback.h:55:30: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
> include/linux/writeback.h:56:19: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
> include/linux/writeback.h:57:19: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield

Does this help?


Index: mm4-2.6.8.1/include/linux/writeback.h
===================================================================
--- mm4-2.6.8.1.orig/include/linux/writeback.h	2004-08-23 16:11:10.318739856 -0700
+++ mm4-2.6.8.1/include/linux/writeback.h	2004-08-23 18:26:45.790960088 -0700
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
 	loff_t start;
 	loff_t end;
 
-	int nonblocking:1;		/* Don't get stuck on request queues */
-	int encountered_congestion:1;	/* An output: a queue is full */
-	int for_kupdate:1;		/* A kupdate writeback */
-	int for_reclaim:1;		/* Invoked from the page allocator */
+	unsigned nonblocking:1,		/* Don't get stuck on request queues */
+	    encountered_congestion:1,	/* An output: a queue is full */
+	    for_kupdate:1,		/* A kupdate writeback */
+	    for_reclaim:1;		/* Invoked from the page allocator */
 };
 
 /*
-
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