linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] fs:sysfs pass NULL as second parameter for set_anon

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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:02:12 +0530
From:	Abhijit Pawar <abhi.c.pawar@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	Abhijit Pawar <abhi.c.pawar@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] fs:sysfs pass NULL as second parameter for set_anon_super

On 11/29/2012 09:06 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:05:45PM +0530, Abhijit Pawar wrote:
>> set_anon_super does not use the second parameter in its implementation.
>> So there is no need to pass on the second parameter.
> 
> Why not just remove the second parameter from the call then?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

This is used as a callback function. So changing the signature will
affect many other filesystems who use the default function rather than
the overridden one.


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