Re: [PATCH 4/5] vt: Update spawnpid to use a task_ref.

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

On Ne 29-01-06 00:33:27, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> This is a classic example of a random kernel subsystem
> holding a pid for purposes of signalling it later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
> 
> 
> ---
> 
>  drivers/char/keyboard.c |    8 ++++----
>  drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c |    5 +++--
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> 7ed8301463a49ad03f8c9de2bbf8c41a5d9843ea
> diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
> index 8b603b2..4e1f2e0 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
> @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ struct kbd_struct kbd_table[MAX_NR_CONSO
>  static struct kbd_struct *kbd = kbd_table;
>  static struct kbd_struct kbd0;
>  
> -int spawnpid, spawnsig;
> +TASK_REF(spawnpid);

Could we get some nicer syntax of declaration? This does not look like
declaration, and looks ugly to my eyes.
								Pavel
-- 
Thanks, Sharp!
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