linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] (resend) reuse xxx_fifo_fops for xxx_pipe

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Message-ID: <20080701073142.GA30362@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 2008 03:31:42 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] (resend) reuse xxx_fifo_fops for xxx_pipe_fops

On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 11:03:02AM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> Hi Andrew, Al,
> 
> I posted this patch a few months ago, but it apparently
> fell thru cracks. Here we go again.
> 
> I noticed that read/write/rdwr_pipe_fops are (1) const and
> (2) exactly identical to xxx_fifo_fops, which are also const.
> 
> Attached patch #defines xxx_pipe_fops as aliases to xxx_fifo_fops.
> Size difference:

Why do you need the #defines?  Just use the _fifo_ name directly.

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