Re: [kbuild-all] [tip:x86/cpu 8/12] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.c:63: error: unknown field 'cache' specified in initializer

From	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [kbuild-all] [tip:x86/cpu 8/12] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.c:63: error: unknown field 'cache' specified in initializer
Date	2017-04-17 10:20 +0200
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On Mon, 17 Apr 2017, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> > So the compiler fails to handle the anon union, which was introduced in
> > 05b93417ce5b924. No idea why, but that concept is not new and widely used
> > in the kernel already.
> 
> It looks like a problem with gcc 4.4:
> 
>        Bug 42875 - gcc disallows named initializers for anonymous unions
>        https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42875
>        https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10676
> 
>        gcc-4.4.3 lets you statically initialize named fields, and
>        lets you assign to anonymous union members, but you cannot
>        statically initialize a named member of an anonymous union.

Bah. I'll fix it up.

Thanks,

	tglx

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[tip:x86/cpu 8/12] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.c:63: error:  unknown field 'cache' specified in initializer kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com> - 2017-04-14 23:20 +0200
  Re: [tip:x86/cpu 8/12] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.c:63: error:  unknown field 'cache' specified in initializer Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 07:50 +0200
    Re: [kbuild-all] [tip:x86/cpu 8/12]  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.c:63: error: unknown field 'cache' specified  in initializer Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> - 2017-04-17 04:10 +0200
      Re: [kbuild-all] [tip:x86/cpu 8/12] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.c:63:  error: unknown field 'cache' specified in initializer Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-17 10:20 +0200

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