On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, dl...@gmx.de wrote: > From: Behan Webster <beh...@converseincode.com> > > The only real change is passing in event_mask to the formerly nested > functions. > Otherwise it's just moving around function and macro code. > > This is the only place in the Linux kernel where nested functions are still in > use. Nested functions aren't part of the C standards, and complicate the > generated code. Although the Linux Kernel has never set out to be entirely C > standard compliant, it is increasingly compliant to the standard which is > supported by other compilers such as Clang. The LLVMLinux project is working > on > being able to compile the Linux kernel with Clang. The use of nested functions > blocks this effort. >
So this patch is only as a courtesy to clang and you're not complaining about things like __builtin() functions, typeof, or a ? : b conditional operators because clang happens to support them? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
