From: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org (gregkh@linuxfoundation.org)
To: linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Lib: sort.h: replace int size with size_t size in the swap function
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 19:38:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190330183826.GB21828@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20467491553964233@myt4-c0b480c282c8.qloud-c.yandex.net>
On Sat, Mar 30, 2019@07:43:53PM +0300, Andrey Abramov wrote:
> Replace int type with size_t type of the size argument
> in the swap function, also affect all its dependencies.
This says _what_ the patch does, but it gives no clue as to _why_ you
are doing this. Neither did your 0/5 patch :(
Why make this change? Nothing afterward depends on it from what I can
tell, so why is it needed?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-30 18:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-30 16:37 [PATCH 0/5] simple sort swap function usage improvements Andrey Abramov
2019-03-30 16:40 ` [PATCH 1/5] arch/arc: unwind.c: replace swap function with built-in one Andrey Abramov
2019-03-30 16:41 ` [PATCH 2/5] powerpc: module_[32|64].c: " Andrey Abramov
2019-03-30 16:42 ` [PATCH 3/5] ocfs2: dir, refcounttree, xattr: replace swap functions " Andrey Abramov
2019-03-30 16:43 ` [PATCH 4/5] ubifs: find.c: replace swap function " Andrey Abramov
2019-03-30 16:43 ` [PATCH 5/5] Lib: sort.h: replace int size with size_t size in the swap function Andrey Abramov
2019-03-30 18:38 ` gregkh [this message]
2019-03-30 20:15 ` George Spelvin
2019-03-30 20:24 ` Greg KH
2019-03-30 21:49 ` George Spelvin
2019-03-31 7:00 ` Andrey Abramov
2019-03-31 10:54 ` gregkh
2019-04-01 14:47 ` David Laight
2019-04-01 18:01 ` Vineet Gupta
2019-04-01 18:14 ` Andrey Abramov
2019-04-01 18:22 ` Vineet Gupta
2019-03-30 17:16 ` [PATCH 0/5] simple sort swap function usage improvements George Spelvin
2019-03-30 18:32 ` Andy Shevchenko
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