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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: add is_f00f_bug helper to fault_32|64.c
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:22:23 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <478D786F.2040505@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080116031149.GA14210@phobos.i.cabal.ca>

Kyle McMartin wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 06:48:35PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_F00F_BUG
>> +void do_invalid_op(struct pt_regs *, unsigned long);
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +static int is_f00f_bug(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address)
>> +{
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_F00F_BUG
>> +	unsigned long nr;
> 
> You can just put the prototype inside the function, you know...

You can also make the prototype unconditional, even if the function 
doesn't necessarily exist.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-16  3:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-16  2:48 [PATCH] x86: add is_f00f_bug helper to fault_32|64.c Harvey Harrison
2008-01-16  3:11 ` Kyle McMartin
2008-01-16  3:22   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-01-16  3:42     ` [PATCHv2] " Harvey Harrison

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