linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/1] Constify struct address_space

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Message-ID: <20091214112656.GB1959@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:26:56 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>
Cc:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Constify struct address_space_operations for
 2.6.32-git-053fe57ac v2

> > Until such a consensus is reached one way or the other, please refrain
> > from sending hundreds of patches -- one or two are sufficient for showing
> > what you want to do until folks are on board with it, as is the typical
> > nature of mechanical changes.
> 
> I think there is consensus to constify ops variables as much as
> possible (e.g., Alexey's similar patches).

No such consensus exists. It is very clear from the patch reactions.

									Pavel
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