linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/12] IPMI: Fix BT long busy

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Message-Id: <20061208122921.5c30d543.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:29:21 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Rocky Craig <rocky.craig@...com>
Cc:	minyard@....org, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	OpenIPMI Developers <openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/12] IPMI: Fix BT long busy

On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:03:59 -0700
Rocky Craig <rocky.craig@...com> wrote:

> Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> >In fact, please don't write macros.
> >  
> >
> I see them all over the place (i.e., EXPORT_SYMBOL) so the request
> is a little confusing to me...

It's a general principle.  Sometimes they're unavoidable.  Other times they
are avoidable but people add them anyway.

> > Please don't write macros which require that the caller have a particular
> >
> >local variable of a particular name.
> >  
> >
> I could understand that, even if some people did agree with my desire
> to increase legibility by decreasing visual clutter.  I think it also 
> provides
> some protection against typos in argument lists.
> 
> I'm (naively) curious as to why it's being flagged now as opposed to
> two years ago when I submitted the original additions.

It probably didn't get noticed.  Some of the stuff we have in there is
unbelieveable.

> Have reviewers or review methods changed?
> 
> Have standards changed?

We have become more vigilant over time.

> Did it just slip under someone's radar two years ago?

I'd say so, yes.
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