linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] vfs.git: poll annotations

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFyMh_cHUb37X6=8=DU2Zm8Cz=mhXYJcGGWqiC8LKLAoFA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:19:19 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] vfs.git: poll annotations

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 7:13 PM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> As for the place for mangle/demangle... where would you prefer them?

If we can make gcc generate ok code for the generic case and not need
any arch-specific ones, why not just do in <linux/poll.h>?

(And I guess POLLIN/OUT/ERR are standard, so it's only a couple that
need to have potential help translating? That would make the helper
inline smaller and simpler)

                Linus