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From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Andrey Abramov <st5pub@yandex.ru>
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Subject: Re: [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 at 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

  reply	other threads:[~2019-03-30 18:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ 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
2019-04-01 10:11   ` Michael Ellerman
2019-04-02 19:11     ` 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 17:16 ` [PATCH 0/5] simple sort swap function usage improvements George Spelvin
2019-03-30 18:32 ` Andy Shevchenko

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