linux-kernel - Re: Accessor macros vs reference counting

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Message-ID: <20080223145623.GK16995@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:56:23 -0700
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
Cc:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...isc-linux.org>
Subject: Re: Accessor macros vs reference counting

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 11:16:22PM +1030, David Newall wrote:
> Is get_personality() thought to be better than current->personality?  To
> me, the latter seems more meaningful, and I'd rather see it than the former.

I suppose it's possible we might want to move 'personality' out of
'current' one day, and having an accessor macro makes it easier to do
that.  I agree it doesn't seem like a big win though.

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