Re: [linux-cifs-client] Fwd: [PATCH] Fix CIFS compilation with CONFIG_KEYS unset

[Steve French]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sunday, 12 of October 2008, Steve French wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:40:39 -0500
>> >> "Steve French" <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Actually, I like Adrian/Rafael's fix better. I think we should avoid
>> >> cluttering up the code with #ifdef's where possible. key_put() already
>> >> is a no-op when CONFIG_KEYS is disabled. We might as well do the same
>> >> thing with key_revoke().
>> > I don't think it matters much - but we probably shouldn't be
>> > overriding global functions.
>>
>> To clarify, I like fixing it in keys.h better than overriding it in
>> cifs, but in the meantime we need an ifdef in cifs until keys.h
>> changes.
>
> Well, adding an empty definition for key_revoke() in the !CONFIG_KEYS case
> makes sense anyway IMO.

I agree.  ACKED

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Thanks,

Steve
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