Re: Usage of leading underscore in linux kernel code.

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Subject: Re: Usage of leading underscore in linux kernel code.
From: Shaz <shazalive@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:33:26 +0500
Cc: Fabian Marin <fmg134s@xxxxxxxxx>, kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <686768.39661.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
>... the convention in many systems is to use a leading

underscore for low level functions
> that do little validation and should therefore not be used
directly.
>

Thank you for the kind explanation.
I wasn't aware about this low_level vs. leading_underscore convention.

VS. ?

Make sense.

--
Shaz

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