linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] drivers/net: remove IS

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Date:	Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:15:12 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<tony@...eyournoodle.com>, <mmarek@...e.cz>, <lacombar@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] drivers/net: remove IS_ENABLED usage from wiznet
 drivers

On 12-04-11 07:54 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:50:55 -0400
> 
>> The use of IS_ENABLED in C code (vs just in CPP #if directives)
>> causes us to carry the burden of a huge autoconf.h file.  It is
>> also misleading in that a casual inspection of the code would
>> leave one thinking that the if statements were evaluated at
>> runtime, when TX_FLOW is a Kconfig bool and hence evaluated
>> at configure time as an either/or.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> 
> Want me to toss this into net-next?

Yes, that makes sense since wiznet only exists there currently.

Thanks,
Paul.
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