linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] lib: Update LZ4 compressor module based on LZ4 v1.7.2.

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Date:   Sun, 8 Jan 2017 12:22:23 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sven Schmidt <4sschmid@...ormatik.uni-hamburg.de>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, bongkyu.kim@....com,
        rsalvaterra@...il.com, sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
        davem@...emloft.net, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        anton@...msg.org, ccross@...roid.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        tony.luck@...el.com, phillip@...ashfs.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] lib: Update LZ4 compressor module based on LZ4
 v1.7.2.

On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 05:55:42PM +0100, Sven Schmidt wrote:
> +/*!LZ4_compressbound() :
> +    Provides the maximum size that LZ4 may output in a "worst case" scenario
> +    (input data not compressible)
> +*/

Odd coding style, please use kerneldoc format if you are going to have
comments like this.

> +static inline int LZ4_compressBound(int isize) {
> +  return LZ4_COMPRESSBOUND(isize);

And follow the proper kernel coding style rules, putting your patches
through scripts/checkpatch.pl should help you out here.

thanks,

greg k-h