linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API)

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Date:	Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:53:48 +0400
From:	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Andrey Savochkin <saw@...ru>, devel@...nvz.org,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	Rohit Seth <rohitseth@...gle.com>,
	Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API)

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:06:11 +0400
> Kirill Korotaev <dev@...ru> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>+#define bc_charge_locked(bc, r, v, s)			(0)
>>>>
>>>>>+#define bc_charge(bc, r, v)				(0)
>>>
>>>akpm:/home/akpm> cat t.c
>>>void foo(void)
>>>{
>>>	(0);
>>>}
>>>akpm:/home/akpm> gcc -c -Wall t.c
>>>t.c: In function 'foo':
>>>t.c:4: warning: statement with no effect
>>
>>these functions return value should always be checked (!).
> 
> 
> We have __must_check for that.
> 
> 
>>i.e. it is never called like:
>>  ub_charge(bc, r, v);
> 
> 
> Also...
> 
> 	if (bc_charge(tpyo, undefined_variable, syntax_error))
> 
> will happily compile if !CONFIG_BEANCOUNTER.
> 
> Turning these stubs into static inline __must_check functions fixes all this.

ok. will replace all empty stubs with inlines (with __must_check where appropriate)

Thanks,
Kirill

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