linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/4] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

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Message-Id: <200802111945.05917.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:45:05 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/4] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

On Monday 11 February 2008 16:30:32 David Rientjes wrote:
> The mempolicy mode constants, MPOL_DEFAULT, MPOL_PREFERRED, MPOL_BIND,
> and MPOL_INTERLEAVE, are better declared as part of an enum for type
> checking.

What type checking? There is none in standard C for enums.

-Andi
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