On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:28:10 -0800 (PST) Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > In other words, there is *zero* excuse for that braindamage.
>
> To be clear:
>
> - in header files, we put "common definitions":
>
> * #defines
> * data structure declarations
> * external function and data declarations
> * inline functions ("nicer but otherwise equivalent to a #define")
>
> - but we do *not* put
>
> * actual real code
> * actual real data
>
> because those go into C files.
>
> Yes, yes, all rules have exceptions, and sometimes we have ugly header
> files. For an example of a pre-existing ugly header file that breaks these
> rules, just look at <asm-i386/bugs.h> for example. Yeah, it only gets
> included from one place, but it *still* shouldn't have code in it. It grew
> over time, and none of the individual events were ever really big enough
> for anybody to say "ok, we should clean this up and create a bugs.c file
> in arch/i386/kernel".
It's on my TODO list... just not high priority.
> I'm sure there are other examples of the exceptions too. But I do not want
> to add *new* ugly stuff, and I certainly refuse to do it after we're
> already long past a merge window.
---
~Randy
*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
