linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysctl.c: Change a .proc_handler = proc_dointvec to &proc

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Message-ID: <20091115081126.GD15432@elte.hu>
Date:	Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:11:26 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Am??rico Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl.c: Change a .proc_handler = proc_dointvec to
 &proc_dointvec,


* Am??rico Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 05:52:05PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> >Seems to be a typo.
> >
> 
> Well, in this case, proc_dointvec == &proc_dointvec,
> both of them are the same function pointer.
> 
> But yes, &proc_dointvec looks more readable.
> 
> >Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> 
> Acked-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

(Cc:-ed Eric who is running the sysctl tree these days)

Almost everywhere in the kernel we use the shorter version, so all of 
sysctl.c should eventually change to that variant.

	Ingo
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