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Date:	Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:53:10 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, autofs@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4: fix compilation without CONFIG_COMPAT

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:46 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>
> I think this patch could help clean up other places, too.

Grepping for CONFIG_COMPAT shows that the most common test is for some
local variable that indicates "compatness".

The "is_compat_task()" test is actually surprisingly rare.

                    Linus
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