linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] avoid ifdefs in desc.h, getting rid of pack_ldt and pack

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Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:43:30 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	glommer@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, ehabkost@...hat.com,
	jeremy@...p.org, avi@...ranet.com, anthony@...emonkey.ws,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	ak@...e.de, chrisw@...s-sol.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	hpa@...or.com, zach@...are.com, roland@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] avoid ifdefs in desc.h, getting rid of pack_ldt and
	pack_tss


* Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com> wrote:

> By Andi Kleen's suggestion, this patch removes pack_ldt() and 
> pack_tss() wrappers in favour of a general wrapper. It saves us an 
> ifdef and some lines of code, but more importantly, it's more elegant.
> 
> No functional change is made, although the object code is expected to 
> be different.

thanks, applied.

	Ingo
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