linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 2/2] Use unified UUID/GUID definition in gfs2

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Message-ID: <20091103100232.GA489@merkur.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:02:32 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] Use unified UUID/GUID definition in gfs2

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 03:21:59PM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 09:02 +0800, Andrew Morton wrote: 
> > On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:44:48 +0800
> > Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > For stuff of no use to user space, I think it can be enclosed into
> > > 
> > > #ifdef __KERNEL__
> > > #endif
> > 
> > It can, but that's ugly.  Clearly separating the inclusions into uuid-kernel.h
> > and uuid-user-h is nicer, no?
> 
> But it seems that __KERNEL__ is common used method now. There are about
> 370 out of 3085 files under linux/include use __KERNEL__.

Just because we were sloopy in the past is no excuse for repeating this.

	Sam
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