Re: [PATCH] add syscalls.h

["Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Matt Mackall wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 10:43:44PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > +extern asmlinkage long sys_unlink(const char __user *pathname);
> > +extern asmlinkage long sys_chmod(const char __user *filename, mode_t mode);
> > +extern asmlinkage long sys_fchmod(unsigned int fd, mode_t mode);
> >
> > Maybe lose the `extern' too.  It's just a waste of space.  I normally put
> > it in for consistency if the surrounding code is done that way, but for a
> > new header file, why bother?
>
> I'd really like to see the extern go, if only to discourage that
> particular bit of cargo cult programming. There are actually people
> who think it serves a purpose..
>
> --
> Matt Mackall : http://www.selenic.com : Linux development and consulting

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