linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] staging:lustre: assume a kernel build

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Message-ID: <20150605090200.GL28762@mwanda>
Date:	Fri, 5 Jun 2015 12:02:00 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
	"John L. Hammond" <john.hammond@...el.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	lustre-devel@...ts.lustre.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] staging:lustre: assume a kernel build

This whole patchset looks find to me.

Some tips for the future.

On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 04:43:20PM -0400, James Simmons wrote:
> From: John L. Hammond <john.hammond@...el.com>
> 
> In lnet/lnet/ and lnet/selftest/ assume a kernel build (assume that
> __KERNEL__ is defined). Remove some common code only needed for user
> space LNet.
> 

> -	recs = lnet_res_containers_create(LNET_COOKIE_TYPE_ME, LNET_FL_MAX_MES,
> -					  sizeof(lnet_me_t));
> +	recs = lnet_res_containers_create(LNET_COOKIE_TYPE_ME, 0, 0);

When I'm reviewing "delete code" patches, I pretty much focus on the
plus lines like this one.  Obviously, I can figure out why we changed
the parameters to zero but it saves me time if it's spelled out in the
changelog.

regards,
dan carpenter

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