linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/15] Combine spufs_coredump_calls with spufs

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:51:32 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Cc:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>,
	Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/15] Combine spufs_coredump_calls with spufs_calls

On Wednesday 12 September 2007, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Because spufs might be built as a module, we can't have other parts of the
> kernel calling directly into it, we need stub routines that check first if the
> module is loaded.
> 
> Currently we have two structures which hold callbacks for these stubs, the
> syscalls are in spufs_calls and the coredump calls are in spufs_coredump_calls.
> In both cases the logic for registering/unregistering is essentially the same,
> so we can simplify things by combining the two.

Nice cleanup!

> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@...ibm.com>
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