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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:52:48 +0300
From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
To: "Machida, Hiroyuki" <machida@sm.sony.co.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][FAT] FAT dirent scan with hin take #3
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On 8/31/05, Machida, Hiroyuki <machida@sm.sony.co.jp> wrote:
> > Please consider moving this check to callers. Conditional allocation
> > makes this bit strange API-wise. Or alternatively, give
> > hint_allocate() a better name.
> 
> How about hint_allocate_conditional() ?

hint_get() sounds better to me.

                        Pekka