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Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:07:57 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> CC: Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>, Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, autofs@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4: fix compilation without CONFIG_COMPAT Fortunately it is, because it always indicates a major design facepalm. Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote: >On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:46 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote: >> >> I think this patch could help clean up other places, too. > >Grepping for CONFIG_COMPAT shows that the most common test is for some >local variable that indicates "compatness". > >The "is_compat_task()" test is actually surprisingly rare. > > Linus -- Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse my brevity and lack of formatting. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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