Re: [PATCH 3/7] X86: Fix trailing statements should be on next line

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Feb 01 2008 - 11:22:15 EST



* Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Paolo,
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:07:44AM +0100, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
> > Fix trailing statements should be on next line
>
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_C3 ) printk("SW: condition bit 3\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_C2 ) printk("SW: condition bit 2\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_C1 ) printk("SW: condition bit 1\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_C0 ) printk("SW: condition bit 0\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_Summary ) printk("SW: exception summary\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_Stack_Fault ) printk("SW: stack fault\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_Precision ) printk("SW: loss of precision\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_Underflow ) printk("SW: underflow\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_Overflow ) printk("SW: overflow\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_Zero_Div ) printk("SW: divide by zero\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_Denorm_Op ) printk("SW: denormalized operand\n");
> > -if ( partial_status & SW_Invalid ) printk("SW: invalid operation\n");
>
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_Backward )
> > +printk("SW: backward compatibility\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_C3 )
> > +printk("SW: condition bit 3\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_C2 )
> > +printk("SW: condition bit 2\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_C1 )
> > +printk("SW: condition bit 1\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_C0 )
> > +printk("SW: condition bit 0\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_Summary )
> > +printk("SW: exception summary\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_Stack_Fault )
> > +printk("SW: stack fault\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_Precision )
> > +printk("SW: loss of precision\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_Underflow )
> > +printk("SW: underflow\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_Overflow )
> > +printk("SW: overflow\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_Zero_Div )
> > +printk("SW: divide by zero\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_Denorm_Op )
> > +printk("SW: denormalized operand\n");
> > +if ( partial_status & SW_Invalid )
> > +printk("SW: invalid operation\n");
> > #endif /* DEBUGGING */
>
> Well, IMHO, the code was more readable and checkable in the initial
> version. I think this is one example of exceptions where code
> appearance is more important than style correctness.

definitely so. The rule of thumb is: if in doubt, use your human taste.
Does it 'look' better? If not, dont do the change.

Ingo
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