linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0801220751180.2957@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:53:10 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
cc:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks



On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Rusty Russell wrote:
> 
>     If we can stomach it the effect is nice, but the version which simply 
> allows pointer correctness (rather than trying to do unsigned long too) is 
> less bletcherous.

I'd suggest trying to get by with just the pointer version for now. But we 
know whom to turn to when we need bletcherousness.

		Linus
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