Re: [PATCH] x86, acpi: LLVMLinux: Remove nested functions from Thinkpad ACPI

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On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, dl9pf@xxxxxx wrote:
> From: Behan Webster <behanw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> The only real change is passing in event_mask to the formerly nested functions.
> Otherwise it's just moving around function and macro code.
> 
> This is the only place in the Linux kernel where nested functions are still in
> use. Nested functions aren't part of the C standards, and complicate the
> generated code. Although the Linux Kernel has never set out to be entirely C
> standard compliant, it is increasingly compliant to the standard which is
> supported by other compilers such as Clang. The LLVMLinux project is working on
> being able to compile the Linux kernel with Clang. The use of nested functions
> blocks this effort.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Behan Webster <behanw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jan-Simon Möller <dl9pf@xxxxxx>
> 
> CC: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Acked-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@xxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
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  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh

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