Re: underscores and function names

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On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:51:36 -0500, Michael R. Hines <mhines@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The ones with underscores usually have matching functions withOUT
> underscores. They are meant to be private calls.

Indeed. Some even have up to 4 underscores or perhaps more! For
example, the code which is contained within the kernel file
kernel/kmod.c that maintains khelper.

[ Those on #kernelnewbies will have noted my pain earlier when the
"bug" I thought I'd found therein turned out to be a stale kernel
build - http://www.jonmasters.org/blog/ ]

Cheers,

Jon.

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