linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] Unify dma blacklist in ide-dma.c and libata-core.c

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Date:	Sat, 26 May 2007 17:59:47 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Junio C Hamano <junkio@....net>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, bzolnier@...il.com,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Unify dma blacklist in ide-dma.c and libata-core.c

On Mon, 21 May 2007 22:06:36 -0700
Junio C Hamano <junkio@....net> wrote:

> This introduces a shared header file that defines the entries
> for two dma blacklists in ide-dma.c and libata-core.c to make it
> easier to keep them in sync.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@....net>

NAK

This makes stuff so much more ugly its not funny

> ---
> 
>  * Removes more lines than it adds.  I am not proud of the
>    DMA_BLACK_LIST macro in ide-dma.c which relies on the
>    compiler doing a sane thing for compile time constant
>    expression to initialize the list, but that hopefully can be
>    fixed in the next patch.

The basic concept is sound but it would be better to make sure
the ATA_HORKAGE macros and struct ata_blacklist_entry as well as all the
blacklist stuff was placed together in one file to avoid the horrors you
are proposing and then used by both driver sets.
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