On Tue, 12/20 15:04, [email protected] wrote:
> ERROR: that open brace { should be on the previous line
> #287: FILE: util/vfio-helpers.c:214:
> + struct vfio_group_status group_status =
> + { .argsz = sizeof(group_status) };
Hmm, it may indeed look better.
> ERROR: Use of volatile is usually wrong: see
> Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt
> #145: FILE: block/nvme.c:92:
> + volatile uint32_t *doorbell;
>
> ERROR: Use of volatile is usually wrong: see
> Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt
> #169: FILE: block/nvme.c:116:
> +typedef volatile struct {
These are shared with hardware, even volatile-considered-harmful.txt admits it
can be valid:
> - Pointers to data structures in coherent memory which might be modified
> by I/O devices can, sometimes, legitimately be volatile. A ring buffer
> used by a network adapter, where that adapter changes pointers to
> indicate which descriptors have been processed, is an example of this
> type of situation.
Fam
