Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932132AbWCaNbq (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:31:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932134AbWCaNbq (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:31:46 -0500 Received: from pasmtp.tele.dk ([193.162.159.95]:45329 "EHLO pasmtp.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932132AbWCaNbp (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:31:45 -0500 Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:31:35 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Kyle McMartin Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clean up arch-overrides in linux/string.h Message-ID: <20060331133135.GB12208@mars.ravnborg.org> References: <20060331043345.GH31321@quicksilver.road.mcmartin.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060331043345.GH31321@quicksilver.road.mcmartin.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 556 Lines: 13 On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 11:33:45PM -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote: > Some string functions were safely overrideable in lib/string.c, but > their corresponding declarations in linux/string.h were not. Whats wrong with a common prototype? If an arch decide to #define a string function they can do this anyway. Sam - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" 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.tux.org/lkml/