linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] infiniband: remove __constant

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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:02:22 -0800
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] infiniband: remove __constant_{endian} uses

On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 13:59 -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
> > Roland, the necessary byteorder rework is now in -linus mainline
>  > and all arches have moved over, I'm starting to remove the uses
>  > of the __constant_* helpers now that they are equivalent.
> 
> This looks good, thanks.  I assume the expectation is that this should
> be queued for the next merge window?
> 
> Code generation should be unaffected, right?
> 

Your call, it's only a name change, the implementation on the back end is
now the same for both, so I expect the generated code to be identical.

But it is obviously not urgent, so holding for 2.6.30 is just fine.

Harvey

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