On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, dl...@gmx.de wrote: > From: Behan Webster <beh...@converseincode.com> > > The only real change is passing in event_mask to the formerly nested > functions. > Otherwise it's just moving around function and macro code. > > This is the only place in the Linux kernel where nested functions are still in > use. Nested functions aren't part of the C standards, and complicate the > generated code. Although the Linux Kernel has never set out to be entirely C > standard compliant, it is increasingly compliant to the standard which is > supported by other compilers such as Clang. The LLVMLinux project is working > on > being able to compile the Linux kernel with Clang. The use of nested functions > blocks this effort. >
So this patch is only as a courtesy to clang and you're not complaining about things like __builtin() functions, typeof, or a ? : b conditional operators because clang happens to support them? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and the freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
