netdev - Re: net-thunder: One check less in nicvf_register

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Message-ID: <1452198530.4028.43.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:28:50 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@...ium.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: net-thunder: One check less in nicvf_register_interrupts()
 after error detection

On Thu, 2016-01-07 at 21:07 +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > * Which object code representations would you find representative
> > >   for a further constructive discussion around this
> > >   software component?
> > 
> > Evidence of actual object code improvement
> 
> How do you think about to provide a function implementation
> which looks a bit more efficient by default?

It's not a matter of "looks a bit more efficient".
it's taste, style, and repetition for various functions.

Some prefer that source code be "templatized" regardless
of the number of exit points that any particular use of a
specific function type.

Some of your patches are converting these templatized
functions to a different form for no added value.

These patches make the local source code inconsistent
and generally goes against the authors preferred style.