Re: [PATCH v2 05/06] staging: crypto: skein: rename macros

From: Jason Cooper
Date: Mon May 19 2014 - 10:04:16 EST


On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 12:08:39PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 12:09:58PM +0400, Anton Saraev wrote:
> > +/* ignore all asserts, for performance */
> > +#define skein_assert_ret(x, ret_code)
> > +#define skein_assert(x)
>
> Not related to this patch, but defining away asserts like this is a bad
> idea. What if they have side affects like:
>
> skein_assert(foo++ == bar);

Agreed. This driver is definitely a work in progress. If you look at
the history, you'll see that I started with a bit-for-bit copy of a
publicly available reference implementation. After we get the coding
style in shape, there are plenty of other improvements to make.

Thanks for the review.

thx,

Jason.
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