On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 07:37:52PM +0100, Sascha Effert wrote: > has it any special meaning if a function starts with two underscores? I > whish to use __invalidate_device which was called in kernel 2.4 > invalidate_device. The source of the function has not changed, so why > did they change the name? The C standard defines functions prefixed with _ and __ as "internal use for compiler or C library". The linux kernel itself doesn't care about the C library, but the meaning is the same: "internal use for compiler or kernel". IOW: don't use them, unless they're documented and you know what you're doing. Erik -- Erik Mouw J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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