Re: [PATCH 1/3] hw_breakpoint: Simplify list/idx mess intoggle_bp_slot() paths

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Sat Jun 15 2013 - 08:59:55 EST


On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 09:45:48PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> The enable/disable logic in toggle_bp_slot() is not symmetrical
> and imho very confusing. "old_count" in toggle_bp_task_slot() is
> actually new_count because this bp was already removed from the
> list.
>
> Change toggle_bp_slot() to always call list_add/list_del after
> toggle_bp_task_slot(). This way old_idx is task_bp_pinned() and
> this entry should be decremented, new_idx is +/-weight and we
> need to increment this element. The code/logic looks obvious.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Nice :-)

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
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