linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/debug/kdb: code enhancement for 3 areas.

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Date:	Fri, 24 May 2013 09:18:10 +0800
From:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
To:	Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>
CC:	jason.wessel@...driver.com, sasha.levin@...cle.com,
	vincent.stehle@...oste.net, john.blackwood@...r.com,
	kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/debug/kdb: code enhancement for 3 areas.

On 05/24/2013 01:28 AM, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 07:25:46PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>> > Delete waste '{' for 'case' statement.
>> > 
>> > For the return variable 'long res' in function kdb_task_state_string(),
>> > neither it matches the function return type 'unsigned long', nor is
>> > suitable as a flag variable to make 'or' operation. So use 'unsigned
>> > long' instead of 'long'.
>> > 
>> > If "case 'A'" happen in function kdb_task_state_string(), can return
>> > ~0UL directly to save the useless looping.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
> If anything, these should be 3 separate patches...
> 

OK, I will separate them into 3 patches (originally, I think for trivial
cleanup patches, better let them in one patch, so can save the reviewers
and appliers time)

Excuse me, I have to do something else, so I will finish them within
this month (2013-05-31)


Thanks.
-- 
Chen Gang

Asianux Corporation
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