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From: Gavin Shan <shangw@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Gavin Shan <shangw@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] powerpc/powernv: Replace variables with flags
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:08:14 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130626100814.GA22174@shangw.(null)> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AE90C24D6B3A694183C094C60CF0A2F6026B72A6@saturn3.aculab.com>

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:12:16AM +0100, David Laight wrote:
>> We have 2 fields in "struct pnv_phb" to trace the states. The patch
>> replace the fields with one and introduces flags for that. The patch
>> doesn't impact the logic.
>
>What is the benefit of this change?
>

There might have more flags coming in. Putting all flags together
could be maintained more easily. It doesn't save much memory as
you pointed.

>> +
>> +#define PNV_EEH_STATE_ENABLED	(1 << 0)	/* EEH enabled	*/
>> +#define PNV_EEH_STATE_REMOVED	(1 << 1)	/* PHB removed	*/
>> +
>>  #endif /* CONFIG_EEH */
>> 
>>  struct pnv_phb {
>> @@ -92,8 +96,7 @@ struct pnv_phb {
>> 
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_EEH
>>  	struct pnv_eeh_ops	*eeh_ops;
>> -	int			eeh_enabled;
>> -	int			removed;
>> +	int			eeh_state;
>>  #endif
>> 
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
>
>All I can see is that it possibly reduces a structure by 4 bytes
>while adding extra code.
>(On 64 bit systems there might be a 4 byte pad added.)
>

Thanks,
Gavin

  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-26 10:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-26  1:38 [PATCH v3 00/6] Follow-up fixes for EEH on PowerNV Gavin Shan
2013-06-26  1:38 ` [PATCH 1/6] powerpc/eeh: Don't collect PCI-CFG data on PHB Gavin Shan
2013-06-26  1:38 ` [PATCH 2/6] powerpc/eeh: Check PCIe link after reset Gavin Shan
2013-06-26  1:38 ` [PATCH 3/6] powerpc/powernv: Replace variables with flags Gavin Shan
2013-06-26  9:12   ` David Laight
2013-06-26 10:08     ` Gavin Shan [this message]
2013-06-26  1:38 ` [PATCH 4/6] powerpc/eeh: Fix address catch for PowerNV Gavin Shan
2013-06-26  1:38 ` [PATCH 5/6] powerpc/eeh: Refactor the output message Gavin Shan
2013-06-26  1:38 ` [PATCH 6/6] powerpc/eeh: Avoid build warnings Gavin Shan
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-06-25 10:00 [PATCH v2 00/6] Follow-up fixes for EEH on PowerNV Gavin Shan
2013-06-25 10:00 ` [PATCH 3/6] powerpc/powernv: Replace variables with flags Gavin Shan

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