linux-kernel - Re: [build fix] Re: [GIT PATCH] SCSI part 1

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Message-ID: <20080716144106.GD25255@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:41:06 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [build fix] Re: [GIT PATCH] SCSI part 1

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 04:18:05PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> btw., about the technical aspects of the solution, i'm not sure i like 
> these big #ifdef blocks:

It's partly the nature of the beast.  There's already several large
#ifdef blocks in compat_ioctl.c -- CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_VT, CONFIG_SPARC,
etc.  I think what would help is a bit more grouping so individual
blocks get bigger.

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