From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] new system call mknod64
Date: 21 Apr 2003 18:32:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b8262k$6t8$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: UTC200304220102.h3M126n06187.aeb@smtp.cwi.nl
Followup to: <UTC200304220102.h3M126n06187.aeb@smtp.cwi.nl>
By author: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Well, I have also done that of course. Both struct and u64 work well.
> Since only kdev_t.h knows about the actual structure of kdev_t
> it is very easy to switch.
>
The main advantage with making it a struct is that it keep people from
doing stupid stuff like (int)dev where dev is a kdev_t... There is
all kinds of shit like that in the kernel...
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-22 1:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-22 1:02 [PATCH] new system call mknod64 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-22 1:32 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-04-22 2:01 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-04-22 2:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-22 6:00 ` jw schultz
2003-04-22 17:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
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[not found] ` <20030421231010$7ee3@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <20030422000016$17e3@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <20030422083014$0fe2@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-04-22 20:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
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2003-04-21 21:48 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-21 22:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-21 21:43 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-21 23:02 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-21 23:50 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-04-22 8:24 ` Shachar Shemesh
2003-04-20 22:12 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-21 6:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-20 21:26 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-20 21:43 ` David S. Miller
2003-04-20 21:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-21 11:59 ` Roman Zippel
2003-04-21 18:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-21 18:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-04-21 18:21 ` viro
2003-04-21 18:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-21 18:27 ` viro
2003-04-21 18:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-21 18:54 ` viro
2003-04-21 19:16 ` Jörn Engel
2003-04-21 18:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-04-21 18:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-21 18:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-21 18:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-04-21 18:58 ` viro
2003-04-21 19:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-21 19:35 ` viro
2003-04-21 20:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-21 19:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-21 19:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-21 18:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-21 23:49 ` Roman Zippel
2003-04-20 20:34 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-20 21:12 ` David S. Miller
2003-04-20 18:39 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-20 18:52 ` Christoph Hellwig
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