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Subject: Re: var args in kernel?
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>>>It's not a struct, it's an array (of one element of struct type).  You
>>>can't assign arrays.
>>
>> int callme(const char *fmt, struct { ... } argp[1]) {
>        struct { ... } dest[1];
>> 	dest = *argp;
>> }
>>
>> Maybe that way?
>
>Maybe you should just try.

I did not say that 'dest' was an array too, and in fact, was not thinking of
such, but more like:

int foo(struct bar argp[1]) {
 struct bar dest;
 dest = *argp;
}