From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Steven Miao (Steven Miao)" <realmz6@gmail.com>,
James Hogan <jhogan@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX
Date: Sat, 05 May 2018 15:50:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+55aFzX9CeRr3HZtVN5XKK2Ema5TjXo4FCgD8ukWz6Waz=pZw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK7LNAR59KjaJdDNwJaSR_79s84hBj_MqMQ=PaFqJqzBKLUsJA@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 12:17 AM Masahiro Yamada <
yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> My question is,
> is it OK to remove CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX entirely?
Absolutely. Let's not keep legacy stuff that complicates things around
unless necessary.
Even if there might be some unlikely future reason why it might be revived
some day, let's not use "what if" as an argument to keep unused code around.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-05 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-05 10:16 [RFC] Removal of CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX Masahiro Yamada
2018-05-05 15:50 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2018-05-05 15:55 ` Sam Ravnborg
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