Re: [PATCH] dyn_array: using %pF instead ofprint_fn_descriptor_symbol

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Aug 29 2008 - 20:23:58 EST


On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:34:26 -0700
"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Andrew Morton
> <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> ptr = __alloc_bootmem_nopanic(total_size, max_align, 0);
> >> if (!ptr)
> >> panic("Can not alloc dyn_alloc\n");
>
> like to give exact error message.

It's pointless. panic() will do a dump_stack().

> >
> > Why duplicate the panic()? Just call __alloc_bootmem().
> >
> >> #ifdef CONFIF_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
> >
> > That doesn't appear to have been very well tested?
>
> ah!
> it should break sparc, m68k, and s390...
>
> >
> > The code has a few coding-style glitches which checkpatch can detect.
> >
>
> should only have 80 char length warning...
>

sure. The code looks rather miserable in an 80-col display.

there's also

WARNING: braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks
#119: FILE: dyn_array.c:119:
+ if (da->init_work) {
+ da->init_work(da);
+ }



and checkpatch should have detected the misplaced semicolon here:

+ for (daa = __per_cpu_dyn_array_start ; daa < __per_cpu_dyn_array_end; daa++) {

but didn't.


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