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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/25] Replace DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE macro use



On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:22:13PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 05:26:47PM +0200, Benoit Taine wrote:
> > We should prefer `const struct pci_device_id` over
> > `DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE` to meet kernel coding style guidelines.
> > This issue was reported by checkpatch.
> 
> Honestly, I prefer the macro -- it stands-out more.  Maybe the style
> guidelines and/or checkpatch should change instead?

The macro is horrid, no other bus has this type of thing just to save a
few characters in typing, so why should PCI be "special" in this regard
anymore?

thanks,

greg k-h

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