From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757487Ab3FSTFv (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:05:51 -0400 Received: from perches-mx.perches.com ([206.117.179.246]:55570 "EHLO labridge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757458Ab3FSTFu (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:05:50 -0400 Message-ID: <1371668748.2038.40.camel@joe-AO722> Subject: Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/vdso: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table From: Joe Perches To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: mingo@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, tip-bot for Joe Perches , linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:05:48 -0700 In-Reply-To: <51C1FCA7.6050501@zytor.com> References: <51C1FCA7.6050501@zytor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.4-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2013-06-19 at 13:47 -0500, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Shouldn't this actually remove the typedef? Much later, yes. The uses are ~50:50 for the typedef vs struct ctl_table. It's used all over the tree and it likely won't be removed for several months after Jiri lets it filter through the various maintainers to pick up directly. I'll resend the bits that haven't been picked up in a few months along with the typedef removal.