linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/14] include/linux: Removing undead ifdef __KERNEL_

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Message-ID: <20100906161615.GB6431@lenovo>
Date:	Mon, 6 Sep 2010 20:16:15 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Christian Dietrich <qy03fugy@...d.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	vamos-dev@...informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/14] include/linux: Removing undead ifdef __KERNEL__

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 04:36:59PM +0200, Christian Dietrich wrote:
> The __KERNEL__ ifdef isn't necessary at this point, because it is
> checked in an outer ifdef level already and has no effect here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Dietrich <qy03fugy@...d.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
> ---

The origin looks weird indeed. So I presume it's here for historical reasons.
Well, from git log it shows a lot of glibc tricks were here. And the former
top __KERNEL__ is by commit 9c501935a3cdcf6b1d35aaee3aa11c7a7051a305 so

Reviewed-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>

Thanks Christian

	-- Cyrill
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