linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/4] [-mm patch] Rename macros returning the size.

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Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:40:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>
cc:	"Ken'ichi Ohmichi" <oomichi@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	kexec-ml <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/4] [-mm patch] Rename macros returning the size.

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Satyam Sharma wrote:

> > [PATCH 5/4] [-mm patch] Rename macros returning the size.
> >  The #define SIZE() should be renamed STRUCT_SIZE() since it's always 
> >  returning the size of the struct with a given name.  This would allow 
> >  TYPEDEF_SIZE() to simply become SIZE() since it need not be used 
> >  exclusively for typedefs. This idea is David Rientjes's.
> >  http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0709.1/1964.html
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Ken'ichi Ohmichi
> > 
> > ---
> > Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> 
> Hmm, I think adding a s-o-b line for David here isn't quite correct.
> When someone reviews a patch and gives a suggestion, you only need to
> copy him on the next iteration (and he may ack it or whatever, if he
> wants) -- but adding a s-o-b line like that ends up (incorrectly)
> denoting that he came between the author-to-git-commit chain ...
> 

Feel free to add

	Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

since I've reviewed the patch and agree with it.
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