linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] percpu: use INT_MAX as sentinel value of unit

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Message-ID: <4C616B24.3070202@kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:07:16 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] percpu: use INT_MAX as sentinel value of unit_map

On 08/10/2010 04:58 PM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> unit_map is a pointer to int so it would be more reasonable to use INT_MAX
> as sentinel value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>

Hmmm... yeah unit_map used to be uint.  I'd much prefer -1 (which
would actually result in the same code BTW) over INT_MAX tho.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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