Re: [PATCH 01/10] cgroups: add res_counter_write_u64() API

[Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 02:33:22PM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 04:37:41AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > +#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
> > +void res_counter_write_u64(struct res_counter *counter, int member, u64 val)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long long *target;
> > +	unsigned long flags;
> > +
> > +	spin_lock_irqsave(&counter->lock, flags);
> > +	target = res_counter_member(counter, member);
> > +	*target = val;
> 
> Nitpick: What's the point to have temporary variable here?

Dunno, just a matter of habit, I use to avoid expressions
like *func(foo) = bar. It looks less readable to me but
perhaps it's because I'm not used to it.

> 
> > +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&counter->lock, flags);
> > +}
> > +#else
> > +void res_counter_write_u64(struct res_counter *counter, int member, u64 val)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long long *target;
> > +
> > +	target = res_counter_member(counter, member);
> > +	*target = val;
> 
> Ditto.
> 
> > +}
> > +#endif
> 
> -- 
>  Kirill A. Shutemov