linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next v2] Shorten constant names for EFI variable attributes

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Date:	Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:12:46 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, hpa@...or.com,
	keescook@...omium.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, cbouatmailru@...il.com,
	ccross@...roid.com, paul.gortmaker@...driver.com,
	maxin.john@...il.com, matt.fleming@...el.com, olof@...om.net,
	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, khalid@...ehiking.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v2] Shorten constant names for EFI variable
 attributes

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 05:06:32PM -0600, Khalid Aziz wrote:

> This is for code cleanup and does not impact functionality. This is
> based upon an earlier discussion -
> <https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/13/320>. The goal is to make the code more
> readable. V1 of this patch was discussed at
> <https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/20/414>.

Right. Keeping the spec names makes it difficult to write code in a 
readable way.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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