linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] epoll remove debugging code

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Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:18:36 -0800 (PST)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] epoll remove debugging code

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:54:58 -0800 (PST) Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org> wrote:
> 
> > static int ep_eventpoll_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> >  {
> > -	struct eventpoll *ep = file->private_data;
> > -
> > -	if (ep)
> > -		ep_free(ep);
> > +	if (file->private_data)
> > +		ep_free((struct eventpoll *) file->private_data);
> >  
> 
> The old version was better, IMO.
> 
> You could just do
> 
> 	if (file->private_data)
> 		ep_free(file->private_data);
> 
> but personally, I do like to see the purported type mentioned in there
> somewhere.  But preferably not in a typecast.

I thought you liked less lines of code :) It's OK with me if you want it 
back the way it was.


- Davide


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