Re: [PATCH v7 9/9] blk-throttle: clean up flag 'THROTL_TG_PENDING'

[Tejun Heo]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 05:29:39PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> Hi, Tejun!
> 
> 在 2022/08/18 1:54, Tejun Heo 写道:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 09:45:13AM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> > > > I don't know whether this is better or not. It's minutely less lines of code
> > > > but also makes the code a bit more fragile. I'm ambivalent. At any rate,
> > > > please move these trivial patches to the head of the series or post them
> > > > separately.
> > > 
> > > Can I ask why do you think this patch makes the code a bit more fragile?
> > 
> > It's just one step further removed. Before, the flag was trivially in sync
> > with the on queue status. After, the relationship is more indirect and
> > easier to break accidentally. Not that it's a major problem. Just not sure
> > what the benefit of the change is.
> 
> If you are worried about that, I can keep the flag, then the last two
> patches will cleanup:

I wasn't necessarily worried. It's more that I couldn't tell why the code is
better afterwards. Maybe update the commit message to explain why the new
code is better?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun