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Message-ID: <54274004.6010902@converseincode.com>
Date:	Sat, 27 Sep 2014 15:53:56 -0700
From:	Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
To:	balbi@...com
CC:	plagnioj@...osoft.com, tomi.valkeinen@...com,
	daniel.vetter@...ll.ch, geert@...ux-m68k.org,
	laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	robdclark@...il.com, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm, fbdev, omap2, LLVMLinux: Remove nested function
 from omap2 dss

On 09/27/14 09:46, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 06:10:52PM -0700, Behan Webster wrote:
>> Replace the use of nested functions where a normal function will suffice.
>>
>> Nested functions are not liked by upstream kernel developers in general. Their
>> use breaks the use of clang as a compiler, and doesn't make the code any
>> better.
>>
>> This code now works for both gcc and clang.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
>> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> another one that make sense :-) And probably also deserves
> checkpatch/coccinelle/sparse.
Indeed! That would be very appreciated.

The clang static analyzer already points this one out. :)

Behan

-- 
Behan Webster
behanw@...verseincode.com

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