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From: "SL Baur" <steve@xemacs.org>
To: "Andi Kleen" <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: "Pavel Machek" <pavel@ucw.cz>,
	"kernel list" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: Re: gart: factor out common code
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:34:03 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ed10ee420804170034g73906d04s22a53f4ef3ef495f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4806EE5F.1040305@firstfloor.org>

On 4/16/08, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
> SL Baur wrote:

> I think the casts make it more clear because the register is 32bit.
>  The only truly ugly bit is naming a variable "tmp".

Good point.

>  > that function is too big to be inlined so you should probably drop the explicit
>  > `inline' and let the compiler decide.

> In a header static inline is needed, otherwise the compiler will warn
>  about an unused static if it's not used which is unfortunate because
>  not every includer wants to use all functions.
>
>  That said the function should probably not be in a header.

Yes.  Agreed.  I'm happy enough having common duplicated
code removed, but I know Ingo is picky about saving space
whenever he can, so I thought I would point it out now before
it becomes a maintenance issue.

Thanks for the feedback.  I'll focus harder on future reviews.

-sb

  reply	other threads:[~2008-04-17  7:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-15 10:43 Pavel Machek
2008-04-15 23:25 ` SL Baur
2008-04-16  8:14   ` Pavel Machek
2008-04-17  2:55     ` SL Baur
2008-04-17  6:29       ` Andi Kleen
2008-04-17  7:34         ` SL Baur [this message]
2008-04-16 13:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-16 22:50   ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-16 22:56     ` Pavel Machek

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