Re: [PATCH] fix expansion of constant bitfield dereference

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Hi Luc,

On 20 August 2017 at 23:16, Luc Van Oostenryck
<luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> During the expansion of a dereference, it's if the initializer
> which corrrespond to the offset we're interested is a constant.
> In which case this dereference can be avoided and the value
> given in the initializer can be used instead.
>
> However, it's not enough to check for the offset since for bitfields
> several are placed at the same offset.
> Currently, the first initializer matching the offset is selected.
>
> Fix this by refusing such expansion if the constant value correspond
> to a bitfield.
>

Thanks very much for the fix!

Regards
Dibyendu
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