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Message-id: <47B59CC2.20404@acm.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:08:02 -0600
From: Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
Konstantin Baydarov <kbaidarov@...mvista.com>,
OpenIPMI Developers <openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Openipmi-developer] [PATCH 3/4] IPMI: convert locked counters to
atomics
Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 12:30 -0600, Corey Minyard wrote:
>
>
>> +/* The command didn't have anyone waiting for it. */
>> +#define IPMI_STAT_unhandled_commands 23
>> +
>> +/* Invalid data in an event. */
>> +#define IPMI_STAT_invalid_events 24
>> +
>> +/* Events that were received with the proper format. */
>> +#define IPMI_STAT_events 25
>> +
>> +/* When you add a statistic, you must update this value. */
>> +#define IPMI_NUM_STATS 26
>>
>
> This shouts enum to me..
>
Someone else asked about this, and I wasn't too sure. It seems from the
CodingStyle document that enums are preferred for things like this, but
I current kernel code seems a mixed bag. An enum is cleaner and more
reliable, IMHO. I'll convert it, I think.
Thanks,
-corey
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