From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 20:17:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 20:17:26 -0400 Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk ([130.88.200.93]:5135 "EHLO serenity.mcc.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 20:17:25 -0400 Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 01:17:23 +0100 From: John Levon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] sys_sysinfo overhaul Message-ID: <20020601001723.GB91199@compsoc.man.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <1022879767.958.194.camel@sinai> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i X-Url: http://www.movementarian.org/ X-Record: Bendik Singers - Afrotid X-Toppers: N/A Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 02:16:07PM -0700, Robert Love wrote: > - move sys_sysinfo to kernel/timer.c from kernel/info.c: > why one small syscall got its own file is beyond me. Huh ? What on earth is wrong with that ? Including a load of crap in timer.c just increases false dependencies. On the contrary, I wish the kernel had more file-level barriers. john