On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 03:03:36AM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > What is the proc_base_stuff[] nonsense about? AFAICS, that > went in with no reason whatsoever in > commit 801199ce805a2412bbcd9bfe213092ec656013dd > Author: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon Oct 2 02:18:48 2006 -0700 > > Rationale is very weak and patch adds considerable complexity > for no good reason. Besides, it's obfuscated just for the hell of it: > if (!IS_ERR(result) || PTR_ERR(result) != -ENOENT) > instead of > if (result != ERR_PTR(-ENOENT)) > etc. > > Unless there are _real_ plans that would justify that animal, > I'm going to get rid of it in the pending patch series (/proc/self > cleanups, saner dentry retention for non-process parts, etc.).
Seems obvious to cc: Eric. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
