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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Cc: kyle-hoO6YkzgTuCM0SS3m2neIg@public.gmane.org,
	bastian-yyjItF7Rl6lg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org,
	containers-qjLDD68F18O7TbgM5vRIOg@public.gmane.org,
	xemul-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	Alan Cox <alan-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>,
	ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] Move parts of init_dev() into new functions
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:13:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48B366C6.4010702@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080826011807.GB2959-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org wrote:
> 
> Yes, we know the driver, but do we need to pass it into ->get_tty() ?
> 
> Passing it in (or having the operation compute from inode) has advantage
> of allowing drivers to share code if necessary.
> 

Yes, and it gets access to its own data.  It's how you implement an 
object-oriented method call in C.

	-hpa

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-08-26  2:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-25 20:11 [RFC][PATCH 1/3] Move parts of init_dev() into new functions sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA
     [not found] ` <20080825201110.GA32440-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-25 20:11   ` Alan Cox
     [not found]     ` <20080825211146.70b4af63-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-25 22:01       ` sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA
     [not found]         ` <20080825220125.GA1084-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-25 22:21           ` H. Peter Anvin
     [not found]             ` <48B33072.4080509-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-25 22:20               ` Alan Cox
     [not found]                 ` <20080825232003.3574a181-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26  0:02                   ` H. Peter Anvin
     [not found]                     ` <48B34818.2000400-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26  9:44                       ` Alan Cox
     [not found]                         ` <20080826104445.06d36dd2-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 16:40                           ` H. Peter Anvin
     [not found]                             ` <48B431F4.90201-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 16:49                               ` Alan Cox
     [not found]                                 ` <20080826174921.6bfbf989-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 17:40                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-08-25 23:57               ` sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA
     [not found]                 ` <20080825235736.GA2959-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26  0:04                   ` H. Peter Anvin
     [not found]                     ` <48B348A7.5020407-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26  1:18                       ` sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA
     [not found]                         ` <20080826011807.GB2959-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26  2:13                           ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-08-25 20:23   ` [RFC][PATCH 2/3] Move some init_dev() code to callers sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA
     [not found]     ` <20080825202314.GA318-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-28 20:17       ` sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA
2008-08-25 20:23   ` [RFC][PATCH 3/3] Rename and change init_dev() prototype sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA
2008-08-26 11:09   ` [RFC][PATCH 1/3] Move parts of init_dev() into new functions Alan Cox
2008-08-28 20:25   ` sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA
     [not found]     ` <20080828202520.GG24075-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-28 21:00       ` Alan Cox

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