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x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.24 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org, Alessandro Zummo , Alexandre Belloni , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Corey Minyard , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , jfs-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Viro , Jiri Slaby , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, Alexey Dobriyan , megaraidlinux.pdl@broadcom.com, drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: driverdev-devel-bounces@linuxdriverproject.org Sender: "devel" X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: INBOX X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:23:04 +0200 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 09:57:50PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > > > git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/misc.git proc_create > > > > > > I want to ask if it is time to start using poorman function overloading > > with _b_c_e(). There are millions of allocation functions for example, > > all slightly difference, and people will add more. Seeing /proc interfaces > > doubled like this is painful. > > Function overloading is totally unacceptable. > > And I very much disagree with a tradeoff that keeps 5000 lines of > code vs a few new helpers. OK, the curiosity and suspense are killing me. What the heck is "function overloading with _b_c_e()"? _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel