linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/7][next] printk: ringbuffer: change representation of reusable

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Message-ID: <20200825171047.GY4353@alley>
Date:   Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:10:47 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>,
        Paul McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7][next] printk: ringbuffer: change representation
 of reusable

On Mon 2020-08-24 12:41:33, John Ogness wrote:
> The reusable queried state is represented by the combined flags:
> 
>     DESC_COMMIT_MASK | DESC_REUSE_MASK
> 
> There is no reason for the DESC_COMMIT_MASK to be part of that
> representation. In particular, this will add confusion when more
> state flags are available.
> 
> Change the representation of the reusable queried state to just
> the DESC_REUSE_MASK flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Best Regards,
Petr