linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]include/linux/threads.h : Removes extra checking CONFIG_BASE

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Message-ID: <20080618114043.GA28838@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:40:43 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, arjan@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]include/linux/threads.h : Removes extra checking
	CONFIG_BASE_SMALL


* Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com> wrote:

> In existing code for defining PID_MAX_DEFAULT and PID_MAX_LIMIT,a 
> check for CONFIG_BASE_SMALL has been made twice. This patch reduces an 
> extra checking.

hm, why should we do this change? The compiler will optimize away the 
check and it's cleaner without an extra #ifdef.

	Ingo
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