linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 8/8] really consolidate INIT_C

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Date:   Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:33:45 -1000
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 8/8] really consolidate INIT_C_CC definitions

On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 6:52 PM Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
>  */
> +#ifndef INIT_C_CC_VDISCARD
> +#define INIT_C_CC_VDISCARD 'O'-0x40
> +#endif

Just change everybody to do the same, nobody cares about VDISCARD.

We can change the value of VDISCARD because it doesn't actually have
anything connected to it, so don't worry about "we used to have odd
different values for it".

            Linus