Re: [PATCH] Remove union u from linux/fs.h

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 02:43:59PM +0530, Amit Gud wrote:
> Do we need the foolish-looking union with just single entry (void
> *generic_ip) in the struct inode linux/fs.h anymore? Why not remove
> it?
> 
> This patch does that along with the changes in other parts of the
> kernel that references the union. Its compile-tested and applies
> cleanly to 2.6.9 vanilla.

I don't think we shoould do such purely cosmetic changes that break backwards
compatibility during stable series.

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