Re: [PATCH] [USB] UAS: Rename urbs by pipe

[Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com>]

--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> -0700, Luben Tuikov wrote:
> > The reason to do this is to accommodate sending
> > different IU types using the existing
> > infrastructure.
> 
> Applied, with a modified changelog entry ...

Again, where is it applied and what is the (new) modified changelog entry? Why would you leave this detail out in your response to the patch?

> 
> >      struct urb *data_out_urb;
> >      struct list_head list;
> >  };
> >  
> > -/* I hate forward declarations, but I actually have a
> loop */
> >  static int uas_submit_urbs(struct scsi_cmnd
> *cmnd,
> >         
>         struct uas_dev_info
> *devinfo, gfp_t gfp);
> >  
> 
> Except for this spurious chunk.

Sorry, please help us understand: You'll LEAVE a self-gratifying, narcissistic and pompous statement like "I hate forward-declarations"? Why would you use such a strong word? Why would you "hate"? How about: "I don't like" or "I know lk style discourages", etc. Why would you add /one more/ "hate" word into the kernel?

I think everyone sees why this forward-decl is needed.

I wonder if the relation of the number of the "hate" word in the linux kernel versus time correlates to something, anything? Now that's easier to track and analyze in time using git.

Compared to people losing their homes and jobs nowadays, I'll take a forward declaration any time of day and night.

Bottom line: please consider the patch as is.