linux-kernel - Re: [RFCv2][PATCH 1/4] break units out of string_get

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Date:	Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:29:55 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rientjes@...gle.com, James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com
Subject: Re: [RFCv2][PATCH 1/4] break units out of string_get_size()

On 09/30/2011 01:32 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> I would like to use these (well one of them) arrays in
> another function.  Might as well break both versions
> out for consistency.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> 
>  linux-2.6.git-dave/lib/string_helpers.c |   25 +++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -puN lib/string_helpers.c~string_get_size-pow2 lib/string_helpers.c
>  
> +const char *units_10[] = { "B", "kB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB",
> +			   "EB", "ZB", "YB", NULL};
> +const char *units_2[] = {"B", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB",
> +			 "EiB", "ZiB", "YiB", NULL };

These names are way too generic to be public symbols.

Another thing worth thinking about is whether or not the -B suffix
should be part of these arrays.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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