linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/5] Add comments to the PDA structure to annotate offsets

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Date:	Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:41:38 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/5] Add comments to the PDA structure to annotate offsets

On Friday 28 July 2006 18:03, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Subject: [patch 1/5] Add comments to the PDA structure to annotate offsets
> From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>

So why exactly do you think these numbers need to be documented?

If there is a reason there should be a comment in the code.

Nobody should use fixed numbers, but always get the current ones
from asm-offset

-Andi

> Change the comments in the pda structu
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