linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/watch_queue: Make pipe NULL while clearing watch

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Message-ID: <1822b76775c.69c52873236056.4849193904753307696@siddh.me>
Date:   Sat, 23 Jul 2022 19:59:20 +0530
From:   Siddh Raman Pant <code@...dh.me>
To:     "Greg KH" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "Christophe JAILLET" <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        "Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>,
        "linux-security-modules" <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel-mentees" 
        <linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/watch_queue: Make pipe NULL while clearing
 watch_queue

On Sat, 23 Jul 2022 19:33:33 +0530  Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> You should not use #ifdef in .c files, it's unmaintainable over time.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

I used it because it is used in the same way in fs/pipe.c too (please check the
stated line number).

That, in turn, is because `watch_queue` member in the `pipe_inode_info` struct
is defined that way (see line 80 of include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h), so I am forced
to use the ifdef guard.

Thanks,
Siddh