netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipv6, route: remove BACKTRACK() macro

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Message-ID: <1347326573.30731.12.camel@cr0>
Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:22:53 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	Shan Wei <shanwei88@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipv6, route: remove BACKTRACK() macro

On Mon, 2012-09-10 at 21:43 +0800, Shan Wei wrote:
> Cong Wang said, at 2012/9/10 20:48:
> > It doesn't save any code, nor it helps readability.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
> 
> this macro, don't reduce showing lines?
> with it, more readability on terminal, right?

I can't agree, try to read the goto inside, you have to scroll your
screen down when you read the second BACTRACK().

> 
> P.S. when doing backport work, some bored patches influence me.
> this patch and [PATCH 3/3] are typical. :-)
> 

Why not just cherry-pick it too? `git cherry-pick` is handy. ;)

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