linux-kernel - Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH RESEND] md:Remove no longer needed fix me comment in dm-region-hash.c for removing the structure pointer, *rh from the definiton of dm

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Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:19:51 +0000
From:	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
Cc:	agk@...hat.com, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, dm-devel@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, snitzer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH RESEND] md:Remove no longer needed fix me
	comment in dm-region-hash.c for removing the structure pointer, *rh
	from the definiton of dm_region

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:16:21PM -0500, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> Removes the no longer needed fix me comment questioning if we need to remove
> the structure pointer,rh as defined as a structure of type dsm_region_hash
> from the definition of the structure, dm_region. Furthermore this  pointer is
> needed in order for various functions to run and build successfully in the file,
> dm-region-hash.c.
 
You've misunderstood the comment!
Is there a better alternative to having every dm_region struct store its own copy of
this pointer?

Alasdair

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