linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] bitops: add ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_BIT

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Date:	Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:03:55 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	linux390@...ibm.com, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] bitops: add ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_BIT_LE guard

On Thursday 21 April 2011, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> Should we also kill CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_BIT_LE option comletely,
> then add the #ifdef for each find_*() in lib/find_next_bit.c and always build
> it unconditionally ?

I think that would be more consistent. It's not a big difference anyway, so
do it only if you feel motivated. There are a lot of other things that could
be changed this way, I'd only change it while reworking other aspects in order
to avoid accidentally breaking things.

	Arnd
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