linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] xen-pciback: clean up {bar,rom}

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Message-ID: <576D4B59.9070906@citrix.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:01:45 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Juergen Gross <JGross@...e.com>
CC:	xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] xen-pciback: clean up {bar,rom}_init()

On 07/06/16 07:31, Jan Beulich wrote:
> - drop unused function parameter of read_dev_bar()
> - drop rom_init() (now identical to bar_init())
> - fold read_dev_bar() into its now single caller
> - simplify determination of 64-bit memory resource
> - use const and unsigned

Please split this in 5 separate patches for easier review.

Especially as often anyone writing "simplify" means "accidentally break".

David