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DateSat, 18 Mar 2006 19:30:31 +1100
FromNick Piggin <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH][RFC] mm: swsusp shrink_all_memory tweaks
Con Kolivas wrote:
> cc'ed GregKH for comment hopefully.

>>You did the right thing there by introducing the accessor, which moves the
>>ifdef out of code that wants to query the member right? But you can still
>>leave it in the .c file if it is local (which it is).
> 
> 
> Once again I'm happy to do the right thing; I'm just not sure what that is.
> 

Well, struct scan_control escaping from vmscan.c is not the right thing
(try to get that past Andrew!). Obviously in this case, having the ifdef
in the .c file is OK.

I guess Greg's presentation is a first order approximation to get people
thinking in the right way. I mean we do it all the time, and in core kernel
code too (our favourite sched.c is a prime example).

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