linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/19] dlm: swap bytes for rcom lock reply

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Message-ID: <20080128162031.GA18714@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:20:31 -0600
From:	David Teigland <teigland@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fabbione@...ntu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/19] dlm: swap bytes for rcom lock reply

On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 10:00:29PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:50:30 -0600 David Teigland <teigland@...hat.com> wrote:
> >  void dlm_rcom_in(struct dlm_rcom *rc)
> >  {
> >  	struct dlm_header *hd = (struct dlm_header *) rc;
> 
> aww, c'mon guys, this is nonsense.
> 
> 	struct dlm_header *hd = &rc->rc_header;
> 
> there seems to be rather a lot of this unnecessary casting going on in dlm. 
> Please do a hunt-and-exterminate.

Yes, there's a fair bit of that kind of cleanup I'd like to do.  I'll add
another cleanup-only patch to the series that at least makes a start on
it.  Thanks
Dave

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