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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2][RFC] Add dm-crypt target
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 05:15:41PM +0000, Joe Thornber wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 06:01:18PM +0100, Christophe Saout wrote:
> > So how does this look?
>
> <snip>
>
> > -static struct dm_daemon _kcryptd;
> > +static struct dm_daemon kcryptd;
>
> Please keep the leading underscore, it indicates that it is static
> data; a convention that is used throughout dm. hch was ok about it
> last time he noticed it, so he can't really complain now ;)

ewwww... The programmer knows what is static data without needing a
leading underscore.

This practice is wrong for the same reason that Hungarian notation is
wrong :)

Jeff



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