linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/16] adapt lguest launcher to per-cpuness

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Date:	Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:24:10 -0500 (EST)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
cc:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>, lguest@...abs.org,
	glommer@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/16] adapt lguest launcher to per-cpuness


On Wed, 26 Dec 2007, Rusty Russell wrote:

> On Friday 21 December 2007 00:33:42 Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
> > +		if (!vcpu_id) {
> > +			/*
> > +			 * Service input, then unset the BREAK to
> > +			 * release the Waker.
> > +			 */
> > +			handle_input(lguest_fd);
> > +			if (pwrite(lguest_fd, args, sizeof(args), 0) < 0)
> > +				err(1, "Resetting break");
> > +		}
>
> I hate winged comments: those two extra lines, wasted!
>

For multiple lines, wings are a Good Thing (TM). Otherwise it looks
sloppy.

  /* Service input, then unset the BREAK to
   * release the Waker. */

extra asterisk! ok then

  /* Service input, then unset the BREAK to
     release the Waker. */

Yuck, that "release" looks like it can be code, especially with parsers
that look for comments that start with some sort of /* or *

Those little wings do IMHO make the code look nicer. I know in the Linux
community, my weight compared to you is a chihuahua compared to a
St. Bernard.  But in this case, I believe others think that my collar is
prettier than yours. ;-)

Some one buy Rusty a bigger hard-drive to store those extra lines.

-- Steve

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