linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ata: Clean up hard coded array size calculation.

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Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:37:17 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <liml@....ca>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Thiago Farina <tfransosi@...il.com>, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	mlord@...ox.com, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ata: Clean up hard coded array size calculation.

Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
> <bzolnier@...il.com> wrote:
>>> I have to go off and research some silly macro and verify that
>>> it does the right thing.
>> You did it already and the macro name is quite descriptive so you
>> may as well just ACK the patch now.. ;)
> 
> Indeed. We use the "silly macro" everywhere in the kernel for code clarity.
..

Looks like unnecessary churn and obfuscation to me.

-ml
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