linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] finish processor.h integration

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Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:56:01 -0200
From:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <glommer@...il.com>
To:	"Frans Pop" <elendil@...net.nl>
Cc:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <gcosta@...hat.com>, ak@...e.de,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] finish processor.h integration

On Dec 18, 2007 7:32 PM, Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 December 2007, Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
> > On Dec 18, 2007 6:54 PM, Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> wrote:
> > > Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
> > > > What's left in processor_32.h and processor_64.h cannot be cleanly
> > > > integrated. However, it's just a couple of definitions. They are
> > > > moved to processor.h around ifdefs, and the original files are
> > > > deleted. Note that there's much less headers included in the final
> > > > version.
> > >
> > > Either I must be missing something or this patch was corrupted somehow.
> >
> > neither.
> > Note the else in the middle. It's just a mistake in the comment.
>
> Wouldn't an explicit second #ifdef block be a lot clearer (and improve
> maintainability) in this case?
>
> An #else can easily be overlooked among other preprocessor commands or when
> #ifdefs get nested.
>
I don't think so. a if-then-else kind of construction is very common,
well expected, and heavily used in kernel.
But even if I´m not right, this is functionally correct, and can be
addressed in a later cleanup patch if you really want to.


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