netdev - Re: [patch 2/3] hci_usb: remove code obfuscation

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Message-Id: <20080419.181659.97930825.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:16:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	marcel@...tmann.org, hidave.darkstar@...il.com,
	linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	pavel@....cz, pavel@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [patch 2/3] hci_usb: remove code obfuscation

From: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:46:53 -0700

> _urb_free is an alias for kfree... making code longer & harder to
> read. Remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
> Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
> Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

As long as the code is in the tree, we should accept
simplifications that aid to code understanding.

Marking drivers broken or deprecated or to-be-replaced is
a secondary concern.

Therefore I'm applying this patch, thanks Pavel.
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