linux-kernel - Re: [take2 1/4] kevent: core files.

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Date:	Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:27:36 -0400 (EDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [take2 1/4] kevent: core files.

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 09:46:58AM -0400, James Morris (jmorris@...ei.org) wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> > 
> > > +	u->ready_num = 0;
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_KEVENT_USER_STAT
> > > +	u->wait_num = u->im_num = u->total = 0;
> > > +#endif
> > 
> > Generally, #ifdefs in the body of the kernel code are discouraged.  Can 
> > you abstract these out as static inlines?
> 
> Yes, it is possible.
> I would ask is it needed at all?

Yes, please, it is standard kernel development practice.

Otherwise, the kernel will turn into an unmaintainable #ifdef jungle.

> It contains number of immediately fired
> events (i.e. those which were ready when event was added and thus
> syscall returned immediately showing that it is ready), total number of
> events, which were inserted in the given queue and number of events
> which were marked as ready after they were inserted.
> Currently it is compilation option which ends up in printk with above
> info when kevent queue is removed.

Fine, make 

static inline void kevent_user_stat_reset(u);

etc.

which compile to nothing when it's not confifgured.


-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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