linux-kernel - Re: [linux-cifs-client] [PATCH] cifs: wrap cifs_dnotify_thread in CONFIG

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Message-ID: <20090122210655.GA6065@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:06:55 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	smfrench@...il.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-cifs-client@...ts.samba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-cifs-client] [PATCH] cifs: wrap cifs_dnotify_thread in
	CONFIG_BROKEN

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:34:38AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> This thread never actually did anything useful, so comment it out by
> #ifdef'ing it in CONFIG_BROKEN. My preference would be to remove it
> altogether, but it's not my call.

Please just kill it.  It's not only useless but also ugly, so keeping it
around it a double disservice to the mother nature.

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