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Message-ID: <492B8996.2020302@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:13:58 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Hitoshi Mitake <h.mitake@...il.com>
CC:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.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

Hitoshi Mitake wrote:
> I think which need __ is variable type name, not each variable name.
> Name of each local variables can't effect namespace.

Wrong.  It affects the namespace in the sense that it can interfere with
user-created macros.  Again, this is only an issue for user space.

> And I found this comment in asm-generic/int-ll64.h,
> /*
>  * __xx is ok: it doesn't pollute the POSIX namespace. Use these in the
>  * header files exported to user space
>  */
> 
> According to your advice, I rewrote the patch, how is this?

Are you planning to add writeq() as well?

	-hpa
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