linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove redundant #ifdef __KERNEL_

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Message-ID: <45E2926C.40009@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:55:24 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove redundant #ifdef __KERNEL__ checks.

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   Remove the redundant intermediate checks for __KERNEL__ since, as
> soon as one ends, the next one starts.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com>
> 

However, what's much worse is that this already has put series of 
constants which are part of the ABI under __KERNEL__.  This is a very 
bad thing.

	-hpa
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