linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: trampoline.c cleanup

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0903141757000.29264@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:58:40 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: trampoline.c cleanup

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> Hello Thomas,
> 
> On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 17:20 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Sat, 14 Mar 2009, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> > 
> > > Subject: [PATCH] x86: trampoline.c cleanup
> > > 
> > > Impact: cleanup
> > > 
> > >  - fix style problems
> > 
> > Err. This patch is a style problem itself.
> >  
> > > Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/trampoline.c |    3 ++-
> > >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline.c b/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline.c
> > > index 808031a..e3b1f2e 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline.c
> > > @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ void __init reserve_trampoline_memory(void)
> > >  	 * trampoline before removing it. (see the GDT stuff)
> > >  	 */
> > >  	reserve_early(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE + PAGE_SIZE, "EX TRAMPOLINE");
> > > -#endif
> > > +#endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
> > 
> > There is no need for this useless comment. The #ifdef is 5 lines
> > above. Such comments are only helpful in large nested sections.
> > 
> 
> Ahh, So
> 
> 	if (ifdef < 5)
> 		Rule #1
> 	else
> 		Rule #2

Sigh. I asked for applying common sense not for creating another
stupid rule.

Thanks,

	tglx
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