linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] slub: Add comments to endif pre-processor macros

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Date:   Wed, 3 Apr 2019 18:42:27 +0000
From:   Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>
CC:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] slub: Add comments to endif pre-processor macros

On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 10:05:42AM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> SLUB allocator makes heavy use of ifdef/endif pre-processor macros.
> The pairing of these statements is at times hard to follow e.g. if the
> pair are further than a screen apart or if there are nested pairs.  We
> can reduce cognitive load by adding a comment to the endif statement of
> form
> 
>        #ifdef CONFIG_FOO
>        ...
>        #endif /* CONFIG_FOO */
> 
> Add comments to endif pre-processor macros if ifdef/endif pair is not
> immediately apparent.
> 
> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>