linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] VFS: apply coding standards to fs/ioctl.c

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Message-ID: <20071030095548.GB22413@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:55:48 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Daniel Phillips <phillips@...gle.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>, viro@....linux.org.uk,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] VFS: apply coding standards to fs/ioctl.c

On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:57:47PM -0700, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> On 10/28/07, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> > While you're at it, it's probably worth splitting this out into
> > a small helper function.
> 
> Why? Is the same pattern called from more than one place?

Becauase it's a lot more readable.  ioctl subcommands are invidividual
functionality, and separating them out into small self-contained functions
makes the code a lot more readable.
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