linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: cleanup - eliminate numbers in LDT allocation code

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Message-ID: <20080201171826.GA13738@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2008 18:18:26 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: cleanup - eliminate numbers in LDT allocation code


* Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> wrote:

> This patch eliminates numbers in LDT allocation code trying to make it 
> clear to understand from where these numbers are go

thanks, applied.

> I hope nobody shoot me ;)

nope, magic constants are bad in general.

	Ingo
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