linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] staging:ti dspbridge: remove unnecessary check for NULL pointer in cmm.c

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Date:	Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:11:44 +0300
From:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
To:	"Ramos Falcon, Ernesto" <ernesto@...com>
Cc:	"Menon, Nishanth" <nm@...com>, "gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"Ramirez Luna, Omar" <omar.ramirez@...com>,
	"ohad@...ery.com" <ohad@...ery.com>,
	"ameya.palande@...ia.com" <ameya.palande@...ia.com>,
	"felipe.contreras@...ia.com" <felipe.contreras@...ia.com>,
	"Guzman Lugo, Fernando" <fernando.lugo@...com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"andy.shevchenko@...il.com" <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] staging:ti dspbridge: remove unnecessary check for 
	NULL pointer in cmm.c

Hi Ernesto,

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Ramos Falcon, Ernesto <ernesto@...com> wrote:
>>here is a better approach:
>>remove cmm_xlator_delete altogether

[...]

> I considered this approach before but in terms of maintainability I thought it was easier to locate where translator tables are destroy if we keep cmm_xlator_delete function.

That's not maintainability, that's debugging convenience. AFAIU linux
is all about maintenance, because that provides real, tangible, and
proven gains. Debugging convenience gains are hypothetical; you don't
really know how useful it will be to have a separate free function.

And please avoid bottom-posting, instead use interleaved style,
otherwise people see a comment, and then have to scroll down to see
the answer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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