linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] linux/kernel.h: add container

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wi8o+FvfQkUiH_2MUs3J19FzfMzumOViAJ2aboGg9qY7Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:40:18 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>
Cc:     Allen Pais <allen.lkml@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/kernel.h: add container_from()

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:32 AM James Bottomley
<James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com> wrote:
>
>
> The tasklet rework people don't want to use container_of, which was our
> first suggestion, because it produces lines which are "too long".

WTF?

Next somebody will decide that our list handling macros don't match
their mood, and make up their own.

Guys, there's a real advantage to just following convention and not
confusing people with new made-up stuff that does the same thing just
using slightly different names and slightly different semantics.

So let the tasklet rework people work on their own little thing if
they can't play with the rest of the kernel.

We'll just ignore them.

              Linus