>>> On 24.08.17 at 12:19, <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org> wrote: > On 24 August 2017 at 11:11, Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> wrote: >>>>> On 24.08.17 at 11:52, <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org> wrote: >>> If it already has its own version, I'd prefer we just add #ifndef >>> CONFIG_IA64 around it instead. >> >> Which would then preclude other environments to override it. > > ... which is what the comment says in the first place. > >> I have such a case in an out-of-tree patch set (which is why >> I've stumbled over this and the open-coding of it in the BGRT >> code in the first place). Plus to me it seems preferable to have >> both functions consistent (of course you could then as for >> the __weak to be dropped from the other one). >> > > Making symbols __weak in mainline to accommodate unidentified > out-of-tree users is something I'd prefer to avoid.
Would you then mind extending the #ifndef to the other function as well, or would I need to make this a 3rd patch? Jan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
