linux-kernel - Re: x86: cleanup - rename VM_MASK to X86_VM

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Message-ID: <480FBA73.2090209@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:38:43 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
CC:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: x86: cleanup - rename VM_MASK to X86_VM_MASK

Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> 
> Peter, Ingo,
> 
> any objections on the patch like that?
> 

Well, I would prefer to try to get rid of them; as you said, most 
userland don't rely on these, and if they aren't used they are just 
namespace pollution, and rather bad such.

	-hpa
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