linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce module_nd

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Message-ID: <20180315072257.GA14576@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:22:57 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Cc:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux NV-DIMM Mailing List <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce module_nd_driver

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 07:25:05PM +0100, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> Provide a module_nd_driver() wrapper and move over the appliccable
> drivers nd_pmem.ko and dax_pmem.ko.

What is the point?  It saves a hand fulk of lines, while making
the code both harder to read and harder to extend.