netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipv6, route: remove BACKTRACK() macro

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Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:19:22 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipv6, route: remove BACKTRACK() macro

On Mon, 2012-09-10 at 16:32 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:48:45 +0800
> 
> > It doesn't save any code, nor it helps readability.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
> 
> I'm not applying this.
> 
> Having two copies of the same exact logic means we will accumulate
> bugs in the future if someone fixes the problem only in one
> copy.

Makes sense, but BACKTRACK() is not well written, as it jumps out of its
definition. :(

Thanks.

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