linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] edac x38: new MC driver module

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Message-ID: <492AEC40.5060009@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:02:40 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
CC:	Hitoshi Mitake <h.mitake@...il.com>,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Doug Thompson <norsk5@...oo.com>,
	"dougthompson@...ssion.com" <dougthompson@...ssion.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] edac x38: new MC driver module

Luck, Tony wrote:
>>       volatile u32 __iomem *__p = addr;
>>       u32 __l, __h;
> 
> Do we really need all the "__" inside an inline function?  Why
> not just call these "p", "l" and "h"?

Sorry, user space habit (in userspace, and in anything that can be
included from userspace, one needs the __ to keep the namespace clean.)

	-hpa
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