linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 2/5] staging:ti dspbridge: remove unnecessary check for NULL pointer in cmm.c

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Message-ID: <B852767254C5C94EBB1040EE0EFA060094B73BAD@dlee01.ent.ti.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:29:39 -0500
From:	"Ramos Falcon, Ernesto" <ernesto@...com>
To:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
CC:	"Menon, Nishanth" <nm@...com>, "gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"Ramirez Luna, Omar" <omar.ramirez@...com>,
	"ohad@...ery.com" <ohad@...ery.com>,
	"ameya.palande@...ia.com" <ameya.palande@...ia.com>,
	"felipe.contreras@...ia.com" <felipe.contreras@...ia.com>,
	"Guzman Lugo, Fernando" <fernando.lugo@...com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"andy.shevchenko@...il.com" <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/5] staging:ti dspbridge: remove unnecessary check for
 	NULL pointer in cmm.c

Agree! I'll send new version of this patch.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Felipe Contreras [mailto:felipe.contreras@...il.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:12 PM
>To: Ramos Falcon, Ernesto
>Cc: Menon, Nishanth; gregkh@...e.de; Ramirez Luna, Omar; ohad@...ery.com;
>ameya.palande@...ia.com; felipe.contreras@...ia.com; Guzman Lugo, Fernando;
>linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; andy.shevchenko@...il.com; linux-
>omap@...r.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] staging:ti dspbridge: remove unnecessary check for
>NULL pointer in cmm.c
>
>Hi Ernesto,
>
>On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Ramos Falcon, Ernesto <ernesto@...com>
>wrote:
>>>here is a better approach:
>>>remove cmm_xlator_delete altogether
>
>[...]
>
>> I considered this approach before but in terms of maintainability I
>thought it was easier to locate where translator tables are destroy if we
>keep cmm_xlator_delete function.
>
>That's not maintainability, that's debugging convenience. AFAIU linux
>is all about maintenance, because that provides real, tangible, and
>proven gains. Debugging convenience gains are hypothetical; you don't
>really know how useful it will be to have a separate free function.
>
>And please avoid bottom-posting, instead use interleaved style,
>otherwise people see a comment, and then have to scroll down to see
>the answer.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
>
>--
>Felipe Contreras
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