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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: balbir@in.ibm.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lse-tech@lists.sourceforge.net,
	jlan@engr.sgi.com, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH][delayacct] Fix the timespec_sub() interface (was Re: [Patch 1/8] Setup)
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 03:24:49 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060510032449.2872a8ba.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060510101622.GB29432@in.ibm.com>

Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Please find the updated patch, which changes the interface of timespec_sub()
> as suggested in the review comments
> 
> ...
>
>  /*
> - * sub = end - start, in normalized form
> + * sub = lhs - rhs, in normalized form
>   */
> -static inline void timespec_sub(struct timespec *start, struct timespec *end,
> -				struct timespec *sub)
> +static inline struct timespec timespec_sub(struct timespec *lhs,
> +						struct timespec *rhs)
>  {

I'd have thought that it would be more consistent and a saner interface to
use pass-by-value:

static inline struct timespec timespec_sub(struct timespec lhs,
						struct timespec rhs)

It should generate the same code.

I mentioned this last time - did you choose to not do this for some reason,
or did it just slip past?


  reply	other threads:[~2006-05-10 10:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-02  6:12 [Patch 1/8] Setup Balbir Singh
2006-05-08 21:17 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-09  3:48   ` Balbir Singh
2006-05-10 10:16   ` [PATCH][delayacct] Fix the timespec_sub() interface (was Re: [Patch 1/8] Setup) Balbir Singh
2006-05-10 10:24     ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2006-05-10 10:27       ` Balbir Singh
2006-05-10 10:58         ` Balbir Singh
2006-05-08 21:23 ` [Patch 1/8] Setup Andrew Morton
2006-05-09  3:56   ` Balbir Singh
2006-05-10 10:18   ` [PATCH][delayacct] un-inline delayacct_end(), remove initialization of ts (was Re: [Patch 1/8] Setup) Balbir Singh
2006-05-09 11:46 ` [Patch 1/8] Setup Thomas Gleixner
2006-05-09 13:20   ` [Lse-tech] " Balbir Singh

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