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From: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
To: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Cc: hpa@zytor.com, andi@firstfloor.org, mingo@redhat.com,
	tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86_64 boot -v2: Add linked list of struct setup_data
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:54:37 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1206924877.21451.6.camel@caritas-dev.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080329233155.ee909a04.pj@sgi.com>

On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 23:31 -0500, Paul Jackson wrote:
> Huang wrote:
> > +/* setup data types */
> > +#define SETUP_NONE			0
> 
> This define seems unused?

I think this can prevent somebody to use 0 as type id.

> Actually, what use would it ever have?  Should not every
> struct setup_data on the setup_data linked list have a
> valid (not NONE) type?  And perhaps that switch statement
> that confused me:
> 
> > +		switch (data->type) {
> > +		default:
> > +			break;
> > +		}
> 
> should not "break" silently on an unrecognized data->type, but
> rather complain bitterly?

Yes. A warning should be made on unrecognized data->type.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying

  reply	other threads:[~2008-03-31  0:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-28  2:49 [PATCH 2/4] x86_64 boot -v2: Add linked list of struct setup_data Huang, Ying
2008-03-30  4:25 ` Paul Jackson
2008-03-30  4:31 ` Paul Jackson
2008-03-31  0:54   ` Huang, Ying [this message]
2008-04-02  7:39     ` Paul Jackson
2008-04-02 16:39       ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-02 17:36         ` Paul Jackson
2008-03-30  8:15 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-03-31  0:52   ` Huang, Ying

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