linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/9] Conditional Calls

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Message-ID: <20070601180654.GB7641@Krystal>
Date:	Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:06:54 -0400
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/9] Conditional Calls - Hash Table

* Andi Kleen (andi@...stfloor.org) wrote:
> > It's not clear to me why either of those things are necessary. An
> > example please?
> 
> It's certainly possible that a global flag would need to be tested
> more than once.
> 
> I guess it would work if a symbol is associated with a single
> definition. e.g. if there is a DEFINE_COND_CALL() somewhere
> and the individual cond calls reference it.
> 

Yes, but as you have probably understood, I want to have everything
embedded at the cond_call() site rather than polluting the rest of the
code with declarations.

Also, if we have the same cond_calls in different modules, in which
module shall it be defined ?

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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