linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/10] MCE: Move ADDR/MISC reading code into common function

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:17:56 -0700
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] MCE: Move ADDR/MISC reading code into common function

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:
>> Used for next patch.
>
> Yeah, let's have a more general comment here like "save us some code
> duplication"

Sure.

>> +/*
>> + * Read ADDR and MISC registers.
>> + */
>
> No need for that comment, IMO. Function is small enough and the macros
> speak for themselves :).

Ok.

>> +static void mce_read_aux(struct mce *m, int i)
>
> inline?

Compiler will possibly do this anyway - I hate to second guess it. I'm not a
big fan of inline for code that isn't in the critical performance path.

-Tony
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