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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: ayan@marvell.com
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, james.bottomley@hansenpartnership.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] mvsas: optimization of code
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 00:41:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A0BA0F3.1040906@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090511172530.GB9720@Andy.marvell.com>

Andy Yan wrote:
>>From 698781e21a8595159a84a8c91b6bfa26d1a99108 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andy Yan <ayan@marvell.com>
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 22:19:25 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH 5/5] mvsas: optimization of code
> 
> Using sticky field to improve retrieve performance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ying Chu <jasonchu@marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Yan <ayan@marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ke Wei <kewei@marvell.com>

Please revise this patch, to remove all C casts from a void pointer.

Separately, please submit a patch #6 that audits the rest of the driver, 
and removes all casts to or from a void pointer.

Rationale:  Standard kernel policy.  Casts to/from void* are

	- unnecessary

	- may hide bugs, if a mistake is made when changing
	  the underlying C type.

The Linux kernel does its best to be "type aware", and we rely heavily 
on the compiler to warn us of potential problems.



      reply	other threads:[~2009-05-14  4:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-11 17:25 [PATCH 5/5] mvsas: optimization of code Andy Yan
2009-05-14  4:41 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]

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