Re: [RFC] New inf-procfs module (replacing procfs)

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>]

Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > Something we had always considered, but shied away from,
> > is to actually split procfs.c into two separate modules:
> > one for the old API, and one for the new.  It's the only
> > way you can really get rid of all those ifdefs, and if
> > you're considering a major re-org anyway...
> >
> > Just putting out the idea.
>
>
> An interesting idea. The only concern I have is code duplication,
> it'd be nice to be able to continue sharing the code that is already
> shared. I'll keep that in mind!

Yeah, that was always our concern too.  I wonder, though, now
that the general form of the code is fairly "mature" -- how many
future bug fixes would be likely to have the same fix in both
modules?  Or even to *need* fixing in both modules?