linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Reed-Solomon Code: Update no_eras to the actual number of errors

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Message-ID: <20200625131517.GD1036@mail-personal>
Date:   Thu, 25 Jun 2020 16:15:17 +0300
From:   Ferdinand Blomqvist <ferdinand.blomqvist@...il.com>
To:     Aiden Leong <aiden.leong@...sd.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>,
        dm-devel <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Reed-Solomon Code: Update no_eras to the actual number of
 errors

Hi, 

On 2020-06-25 14:46:11, Aiden Leong wrote:
>
>BTW: I do believe these functions should be split into a function family. It's really hard to call them correctly and hard to debug as well.

I don't think the functions should be split up. Most probably it is the
documentation that should be improved :) But, I do agree that it is not
that easy to call the functions correctly.

Best,
Ferdinand

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