Re: query about use of IFDEFS

[Robert Love]

On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 08:36, Manik Raina wrote:
> which of the following be acceptable  in the linux kernel ?
> [...]

The first.  You want the code itself to be clean and clear; free of
ifdefs.

So in your header files you ifdef as needed.  The simplest example of
this would be with a define:

	#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
	#define special_smp_thing() whatever_smp()
	#else
	#define special_smp_thing()
	#endif

	Robert Love