Re: [PATCH 1/1] edac x38: new MC driver module

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Nov 24 2008 - 13:06:50 EST


Luck, Tony wrote:
>> volatile u32 __iomem *__p = addr;
>> u32 __l, __h;
>
> Do we really need all the "__" inside an inline function? Why
> not just call these "p", "l" and "h"?

Sorry, user space habit (in userspace, and in anything that can be
included from userspace, one needs the __ to keep the namespace clean.)

-hpa
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