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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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  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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