linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: remove '##' usage

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Date:	Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:02:47 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: remove '##' usage

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 01:35:42AM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> +#define DIR(NAME, MODE, iops, fops)	\
> +	NOD(NAME, (S_IFDIR|(MODE)), &iops, &fops, {} )

This macro certainly doesn't help with readability, adding just
and S_IFDIR to the passed in arguments.

> +#define LNK(NAME, get_link)					\
>  	NOD(NAME, (S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO),				\
>  		&proc_pid_link_inode_operations, NULL,		\
> +		{ .proc_get_link = get_link } )
> +#define REG(NAME, MODE, fops)				\
> +	NOD(NAME, (S_IFREG|(MODE)), NULL, &fops, {})
> +#define INF(NAME, MODE, read)				\
>  	NOD(NAME, (S_IFREG|(MODE)), 			\
>  		NULL, &proc_info_file_operations,	\
> +		{ .proc_read = read } )
> +#define ONE(NAME, MODE, show)				\
>  	NOD(NAME, (S_IFREG|(MODE)), 			\
>  		NULL, &proc_single_file_operations,	\
> +		{ .proc_show = show } )

And even for these I would argue just opencoding them would be
a lot cleaner.

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