From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/22] arm: introduce little endian bitops
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:07:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101018150737.GI12449@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201010181645.13349.arnd@arndb.de>
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 04:45:12PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Note that patches 20 and 22 of the series completely eliminate the
> the minix and ext2 definitions, putting them into architecture independent
> code in those two file systems where they belong.
Good.
> Adding the new definitions in patch 4 is just a logical step before removing
> the old definitions in the later patches while maintaining bisectability.
In which case I don't have a problem with the series.
> > What I'm trying to say is please don't make the existing mess of bitops
> > any worse than it currently is.
>
> The series currently adds 20 lines to the arm code (could be reduced to
> 6 lines), but removes 26 lines which are essentially architecture
> independent and shouldn't be there to start with. I'd call that the
> opposite of making the mess worse.
Right - if I could've seen the rest of the series, then maybe I'd have
known that. However, I seemed to have silently dropped off linux-arch
back in April and only just noticed, which means I've missed rather a
lot...
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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 04/22] arm: introduce little endian bitops
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:07:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101018150737.GI12449@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201010181645.13349.arnd@arndb.de>
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 04:45:12PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Note that patches 20 and 22 of the series completely eliminate the
> the minix and ext2 definitions, putting them into architecture independent
> code in those two file systems where they belong.
Good.
> Adding the new definitions in patch 4 is just a logical step before removing
> the old definitions in the later patches while maintaining bisectability.
In which case I don't have a problem with the series.
> > What I'm trying to say is please don't make the existing mess of bitops
> > any worse than it currently is.
>
> The series currently adds 20 lines to the arm code (could be reduced to
> 6 lines), but removes 26 lines which are essentially architecture
> independent and shouldn't be there to start with. I'd call that the
> opposite of making the mess worse.
Right - if I could've seen the rest of the series, then maybe I'd have
known that. However, I seemed to have silently dropped off linux-arch
back in April and only just noticed, which means I've missed rather a
lot...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-18 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-15 9:45 [PATCH 00/22] Introduce little endian bitops Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:44 ` [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 13/22] ocfs2: use " Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-18 20:19 ` Joel Becker
2010-10-18 20:19 ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2010-10-18 20:19 ` Joel Becker
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 01/22] bitops: merge little and big endian definisions in asm-generic/bitops/le.h Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 02/22] bitops: rename generic le bitops functions Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 03/22] s390: introduce little endian bitops Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 11:12 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-18 4:51 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 04/22] arm: " Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-18 9:26 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-18 9:26 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-18 13:22 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-18 13:22 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-18 13:56 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-18 13:56 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-18 14:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-18 14:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-18 15:07 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2010-10-18 15:07 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-18 13:58 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-18 13:58 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 05/22] m68k: introduce le bitops Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 06/22] m68knommu: introduce little endian bitops Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 07/22] bitops: introduce little endian bitops for most architectures Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 08/22] rds: stop including asm-generic/bitops/le.h Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 09/22] kvm: " Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 10/22] asm-generic: use little endian bitops Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 11:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 11/22] ext3: " Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-18 10:31 ` Jan Kara
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 12/22] ext4: " Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 14/22] nilfs2: " Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 15/22] reiserfs: " Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 16/22] udf: " Akinobu Mita
2010-10-18 10:46 ` Jan Kara
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 17/22] ufs: " Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 18/22] md: use little endian bit operations Akinobu Mita
2010-10-18 2:41 ` Neil Brown
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 19/22] dm: " Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 20/22] bitops: remove ext2 non-atomic bitops from asm/bitops.h Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 21/22] m68k: convert minix bitops to use little endian bitops Akinobu Mita
2010-10-18 8:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-10-15 9:46 ` [PATCH 22/22] bitops: remove minix bitops from asm/bitops.h Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 10:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-15 18:53 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-15 20:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-16 7:59 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2010-10-16 8:50 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-10-16 8:50 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-10-16 11:35 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2010-10-16 12:40 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-16 12:57 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-10-16 12:57 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-10-16 13:47 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-16 15:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-10-16 15:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-10-19 15:05 ` Akinobu Mita
2010-10-15 11:14 ` [PATCH 00/22] Introduce little endian bitops Arnd Bergmann
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