linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [14/28] x86: MCE: Add MSR read wrappers for easier error injection

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Date:	Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:55:27 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [14/28] x86: MCE: Add MSR read wrappers for easier error
 injection

Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> If someone feels strongly about that I can do that, but personally
> I would think using standard function return arguments without
> macros is more regular and more readable in general. That seems
> to be also the general trend in the source base, going away from
> magic macros.
> 
> Do you feel strongly about it?
> 

I would agree with Andi on this; macros or not macros, we should use 
"function-like" style, analogous to rdmsrl() and wrmsrl() in this case.

Inline functions are also preferred over macros, obviously.

	-hpa

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