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From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Manik Raina <manik@cisco.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: query about use of IFDEFS
Date: 02 Nov 2001 16:30:18 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1004736618.6141.25.camel@phantasy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BE2A153.B9B06FD2@cisco.com>
In-Reply-To: <3BE2A153.B9B06FD2@cisco.com>

On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 08:36, Manik Raina wrote:
> which of the following be acceptable  in the linux kernel ?
> [...]

The first.  You want the code itself to be clean and clear; free of
ifdefs.

So in your header files you ifdef as needed.  The simplest example of
this would be with a define:

	#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
	#define special_smp_thing() whatever_smp()
	#else
	#define special_smp_thing()
	#endif

	Robert Love


      reply	other threads:[~2001-11-02 21:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-02 13:36 query about use of IFDEFS Manik Raina
2001-11-02 21:30 ` Robert Love [this message]

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