From: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
To: J?rn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>,
David Hinds <dhinds@sonic.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Worst recursion in the kernel
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 16:08:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031204150846.GJ1117@admingilde.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031203225743.A25889@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
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hi :)
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 10:57:43PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> Yes, but the condition of the /data/ is such that it will not recurse.
>
> A pure "can this function call that function" analysis ignoring the
> state of the data will say this will infinitely recuse. Include
> the data, and you'll find it has a very definite recursion limit.
but it makes sense to restrucure the code to make it more
readable/understandable even if it can be proven that the code is
correct
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-04 15:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-03 14:31 Worst recursion in the kernel Jörn Engel
2003-12-03 18:07 ` David Hinds
2003-12-03 19:04 ` Jörn Engel
2003-12-03 22:57 ` Russell King
2003-12-03 23:08 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-12-03 23:36 ` David Hinds
2003-12-04 14:14 ` Jörn Engel
2003-12-04 15:08 ` Martin Waitz [this message]
2003-12-04 18:40 ` Russell King
2003-12-04 18:46 ` Jörn Engel
2003-12-03 23:08 ` David Hinds
2003-12-04 13:47 ` Jörn Engel
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