linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-IOMMU 02/10] Library routines for handling pre-allocated pool of objects

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Message-ID: <20070605204802.GB27638@linux-os.sc.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:48:03 -0700
From:	"Keshavamurthy, Anil S" <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	"Keshavamurthy, Anil S" <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, ak@...e.de,
	gregkh@...e.de, muli@...ibm.com, asit.k.mallick@...el.com,
	suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	ashok.raj@...el.com, shaohua.li@...el.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [Intel-IOMMU 02/10] Library routines for handling pre-allocated pool of objects

On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 04:30:48PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 01:24:33PM -0700, Keshavamurthy, Anil S wrote:
> >  1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Index: linux-2.6.22-rc3/lib/respool.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.22-rc3.orig/lib/respool.c	2007-06-05 12:22:26.000000000 -0700
> > +++ linux-2.6.22-rc3/lib/respool.c	2007-06-05 12:58:01.000000000 -0700
> > @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
> >  {
> >  	unsigned long	flags;
> >  	struct list_head *plist = (struct list_head *)vaddr;
> > +	bool queue_work = 0;
> 
> Seems sane to me.
Thanks so much.

> 
> I only have a very minor nit to pick:  naming a variable (queue_work)
> the same as a public function may cause confusion.
> 
> Also, if its a bool you should initialize it to 'true' or 'false'.
I will address when this patch gets into Andrew's mm tree.

Thanks once again,
Anil

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