linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpu: drm: Remove unnecessary parameter from drm_ht_remove

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Date:	Tue, 8 Jul 2014 15:41:11 +0200
From:	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:	Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>
Cc:	Masaru Nomura <massa.nomura@...il.com>, airlied@...ux.ie,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpu: drm: Remove unnecessary parameter from
 drm_ht_remove_item()

On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 01:40:44PM +0200, Thomas Hellstrom wrote:
> On 07/08/2014 01:24 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:52:13PM +0100, Masaru Nomura wrote:
> >> removed drm_open_hash from drm_ht_remove_item() as the parameter is
> >> not used within the function.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Masaru Nomura <massa.nomura@...il.com>
> >> ---
> >> Please review this patch carefully. The reason the parameter is passed
> >> might be some historical one or clarity of which drm_open_hash
> >> we remove an item from.
> > Reasons for this are probably lost. On the patch:
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>
> 
> >
> > Aside: Imo we could/should just move all the users to directly employ the
> > linux hashtab instead of partially reinventing the wheel here in drm.
> > -Daniel
> >
> 
> Actually, in this case, the wheel was invented in drm before it was made
> generic :).
> It's possible to utilize part of "hashtable.h" but I don't think the
> code size gain
> will be major...

Yeah, lots of work and little gain ;-) There needs to be a terribly boring
and rainy day to get around to that ...
-Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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