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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: "Scott E. Preece" <preece@motorola.com>
Cc: shd@zakalwe.fi, linux-pm@lists.osdl.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ext-Tuukka.Tikkanen@nokia.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] OMAP1 PM Core, PM Core  Implementation 2/2
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 23:25:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061004212545.GD8437@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200610021919.k92JJMs1011215@olwen.urbana.css.mot.com>

Hi!

> | > > > +static long 
> | > > > +get_vtg(const char *vdomain)
> | > > > +{
> | > > > +	long ret = 0;
> | > > 
> | > > Unnecessary initialisation.
> | > 
> | > No, sorry.
> | 
> | In get_vtg(), if VOLTAGE_FRAMEWORK is defined then
> | 
> | 	ret = vtg_get_voltage(v);
> | 
> | is the first user. If VOLTAGE_FRAMEWORK is not defined, the first user is:
> | 
> | 	ret = vtg_get_voltage(&vhandle);
> | 
> | Then "return ret;" follows. I cannot see a path where 
> | pre-initialisation of ret does anything useful. If someone removed the
> | #else part, the compiler would bark.
> ---
> 
> True, but a good compiler should remove the dead initialization...

True, but efficient code is only one of constraints. Code should be
easy to read, too.
								Pavel
-- 
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html

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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: "Scott E. Preece" <preece@motorola.com>
Cc: shd@zakalwe.fi, linux-pm@lists.osdl.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ext-Tuukka.Tikkanen@nokia.com
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [RFC] OMAP1 PM Core, PM Core  Implementation 2/2
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 23:25:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061004212545.GD8437@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200610021919.k92JJMs1011215@olwen.urbana.css.mot.com>

Hi!

> | > > > +static long 
> | > > > +get_vtg(const char *vdomain)
> | > > > +{
> | > > > +	long ret = 0;
> | > > 
> | > > Unnecessary initialisation.
> | > 
> | > No, sorry.
> | 
> | In get_vtg(), if VOLTAGE_FRAMEWORK is defined then
> | 
> | 	ret = vtg_get_voltage(v);
> | 
> | is the first user. If VOLTAGE_FRAMEWORK is not defined, the first user is:
> | 
> | 	ret = vtg_get_voltage(&vhandle);
> | 
> | Then "return ret;" follows. I cannot see a path where 
> | pre-initialisation of ret does anything useful. If someone removed the
> | #else part, the compiler would bark.
> ---
> 
> True, but a good compiler should remove the dead initialization...

True, but efficient code is only one of constraints. Code should be
easy to read, too.
								Pavel
-- 
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html

  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-04 21:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-02 19:19 [linux-pm] [RFC] OMAP1 PM Core, PM Core Implementation 2/2 Scott E. Preece
2006-10-04 21:25 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2006-10-04 21:25   ` Pavel Machek
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-10-04 21:33 Scott E. Preece
2006-09-29 22:24 Eugeny S. Mints
2006-10-01 15:22 ` Heikki Orsila
2006-10-01 17:10   ` [linux-pm] " Pavel Machek
2006-10-01 17:32     ` Heikki Orsila
2006-10-01 17:37       ` Pavel Machek

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