linux-kernel - Re: [patch 01/28] cpu alloc: The allocator

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Date:	Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:26:55 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	clameter@....com
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 01/28] cpu alloc: The allocator

From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:24:22 -0800 (PST)

> On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> > > The convention for macros is to use upper case.
> > 
> > We have plent macros that look like regular functions. And as a primary
> > interface to this functionality these shouting things look really out of
> > place.
> 
> One point of the patchset is to clean up the messy handling of the 
> allocpercpu interface which uses lower case for macros. It is a bit 
> confusing that a function like alloc_percpu() can take a type argument. 
> I think this needs to be uppercase for clarity.

Without a doubt.
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