On Nov 14, 2006, at 2:32 PM, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> BTW, since this need is pretty rare, would you object to having the
> option removed from GENERIC but the infrastructure left in place? It
> would reduce clutter a bit. The #define isn't really needed given that
> there is a sysctl.

The issue in the first place, I think, was that the compiler can  
optimize the code path if we have the define.
That said, I don't know how much does that actually buy us.

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Rui Paulo