netdev - RE: [PATCH 1/7 net-2.6.26] [TIPC]: Remove inlining of reference table locking routines

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Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:06:21 -0700
From:	"Stephens, Allan" <allan.stephens@...driver.com>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/7 net-2.6.26] [TIPC]: Remove inlining of reference table locking routines

Hi David:

Thanks for your clarifications on style/conventions ... all good points.

Does your preference for use of the "!ptr" style also apply to
non-pointer variables?  (For example, do you also prefer to see "!count"
rather than "count == 0"?)  I'm asking because I've received conflicting
guidance in the past (not from you, of course), which gave me the
impression that the "ptr == NULL" form was the way the Linux kernel
gatekeepers wanted to see things done.

Regards,
Al

-----Original Message-----
From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:00 PM
To: Stephens, Allan
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7 net-2.6.26] [TIPC]: Remove inlining of reference
table locking routines

From: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@...driver.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:43:51 -0400

> @@ -104,7 +135,7 @@ int tipc_ref_table_init(u32 requested_size, u32 
> start)
>  
>  void tipc_ref_table_stop(void)
>  {
> -	if (!tipc_ref_table.entries)
> +	if (unlikely(tipc_ref_table.entries == NULL))
>  		return;

Please don't mix gratuitous coding style changes with functional
changes.  It makes auditing and review harder.

And in this case I prefer the more concise "!ptr".

It also could be argued that this isn't a fast path and thus the
likely/unlikely tags are not only unnecessary, but also likely to result
in code bloat for no real gain.
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