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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com>,
	llvm@lists.linux.dev, linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL v2] Kbuild updates for v5.15-rc1
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 09:30:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wj=WpWO_V86cZH99LgZGBbvdDb4wR26ce5van0hJqjzLA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210906154642.GV1583@gate.crashing.org>

On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 8:50 AM Segher Boessenkool
<segher@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
>
> Yes they are.  It is the single standard way to get the functionality
> you want.

Sorry, but 'standard' is the part that the kernel simply doesn't do.

Just face it. The kernel isn't written with all those standards that
are designed for entirely different things in mind.

> I don't know why you think you can separate that.  Take <stdarg.h> --
> there is no other (portable, standard) way to implement receiving
> variadic arguments.

You clearly haven't actually read the thread.

That was my whole argument.  For the _historical_ situation.

           Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-06 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-02 23:30 [GIT PULL v2] Kbuild updates for v5.15-rc1 Masahiro Yamada
2021-09-03 22:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-03 23:04   ` Nathan Chancellor
2021-09-04  8:01     ` Florian Weimer
2021-09-04 13:19       ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-09-04 15:19         ` Florian Weimer
2021-09-04 16:19           ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-09-04 17:22           ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-04 19:15             ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-09-04 19:58               ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-06 15:46                 ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-09-06 16:30                   ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2021-09-06 17:27                     ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-09-06 18:11                       ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-06 18:27                         ` Florian Weimer
2021-09-06 19:48                           ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-09-06 20:14                             ` Jakub Jelinek
2021-09-06 21:08                               ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-06 21:24                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-07 14:41                                   ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-09-06 21:52                                 ` Jakub Jelinek
2021-09-06 22:24                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-07 15:26                                     ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-09-07 14:52                                   ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-09-09  5:14                                     ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-09-07 14:29                                 ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-09-06  6:54             ` Florian Weimer
2021-09-06 16:02               ` Alexey Dobriyan
2021-09-08  3:09                 ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-09-03 23:12 ` pr-tracker-bot

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