Re: [PATCH] linux/const.h: Explain how __is_constexpr() works

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To: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/const.h: Explain how __is_constexpr() works
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:09:41 +0000
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Uecker <Martin.Uecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx>, Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@xxxxxxxxx>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 02:05:53PM +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> I don't think adding slightly inaccurate comments would help a future
> reader at all. Then it's better to just stick to Linus' "it's art, and
> art should not be explained".

/* You are not expected to understand this */

References:
- [PATCH] linux/const.h: Explain how __is_constexpr() works
  - From: Kees Cook
- Re: [PATCH] linux/const.h: Explain how __is_constexpr() works
  - From: Rasmus Villemoes

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