linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] autofs: Only declare function when CONFIG

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Message-ID: <4CA4F10E.5060109@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:20:30 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
CC:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Márton Németh <nm127@...email.hu>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] autofs: Only declare function when CONFIG_COMPAT
 is defined

On 09/30/2010 01:00 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 
> An alternative (and IMHO better) fix would be to move autofs_root_operations[]
> and autofs_root_inode_operations[] to the bottom of the file, and get rid of all
> the forward declarations.
> 

This is a legacy piece of code (autofs3) which has been long since
obsolete anyway... it's one thing to do a minimal patch to keep it
alive, another to restructure crap when it's already overdue for removal.
	
	-hpa
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