linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 23/27] x86: debugctlmsr kconfig

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Message-Id: <200711261452.34825.vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:52:34 -0800
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/27] x86: debugctlmsr kconfig

On Sunday 25 November 2007 23:51, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > Why is it defined in configuration system instead of some *.h file?
>
> That seems to be existing practice for this sort of thing.
> I just followed what I saw.

I think that if such conditional constants can be defined
in header files (IOW: if they are not used elsewhere in config system,
only in the C source code), they should not be put in config system.
Don't make it more complex than it needs to be.

Sam what do you think?
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