From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] x86: Cleanup usage of struct desc_struct Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:52:43 +1100 Message-ID: <49085C9B.6000905@goop.org> References: <> <1224904532-9586-1-git-send-email-ice799@gmail.com> <52f8491fb5d55c0171840b01638ea6db0a98f3be.1224903712.git.ice799@gmail.com> <03269a2e8f455b431612a32e8cce048e98c75b27.1224903712.git.ice799@gmail.com> <4810cc08c12cd78612b53f9b52d7ba93a9b03fd0.1224903712.git.ice799@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4810cc08c12cd78612b53f9b52d7ba93a9b03fd0.1224903712.git.ice799@gmail.com> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Joe Damato Cc: linux-x86_64@vger.kernel.org, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Joe Damato wrote: > Use gate_desc typedef for IDT entries instead of struct desc_struct. > Why's that? In general we try to avoid typedefs unless they're really necessary. If it is necessary, it should be named gate_desc_t. J -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs