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Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 16:17:00 +0200
From: Andre Noll <maan@...bingen.mpg.de>
To: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@...el.com>,
Andre Noll <maan@...temlinux.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: crypto: async-tx-api: fix broken code example
On Thu, May 23, 15:18, Ahmad Fatoum wrote
> The code example fails to compile:
>
> 1) ddr_conv is defined twice, once as a VLA, which have been phased out
addr_conv
>
> 2) submit is not a pointer, but is still dereferenced with ->
3) The first call to async_xor() lacked the trailing semicolon.
> Fix these issues and while at it, make the functions static as users
> are unlikely to export them.
No objections, but please don't consider me authoritative. Two nits
below, FWIW.
> --- a/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.rst
> @@ -150,38 +150,38 @@ of an operation.
> Perform a xor->copy->xor operation where each operation depends on the
> result from the previous operation::
Maybe add
#include <linux/async_tx.h>
>
> - void callback(void *param)
> + static void callback(void *param)
> {
> struct completion *cmp = param;
>
> complete(cmp);
> }
This could be simplified to
static void callback(void *param)
{
complete(param);
}
Best
Andre
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