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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: George Zhang <georgezhang@vmware.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, pv-drivers@vmware.com,
	acking@vmware.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files.
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:32:39 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121127003239.GA32298@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121127002357.GA27683@core.coreip.homeip.net>

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 04:23:57PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> For some reason it still didn't go through to our corporate mail server
> but I see it on LKML.

Good.

> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 04:03:04PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 10:43:03AM -0800, George Zhang wrote:
> > 
> > > +static inline struct vmci_handle VMCI_MAKE_HANDLE(vmci_id cid, vmci_id rid)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct vmci_handle h;
> > > +	h.context = cid;
> > > +	h.resource = rid;
> > > +	return h;
> > > +}
> > 
> > You return a structure on the stack that just went away?  Yeah, I know
> > it's an inline, but come on, that's not ok.
> 
> This is certainly OK even if it is not inline, we return the _value_,
> not the pointer to the stacki memory. And yes, the structure is 64 bit
> value so it is returned in registers.

Even on a 32bit processor?  Also, you already have another function that
does this same thing, so having 2 functions in the same patch seems odd,
right?

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-27  0:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-07 18:40 [PATCH 00/12] VMCI for Linux upstreaming George Zhang
2012-11-07 18:41 ` [PATCH 01/12] VMCI: context implementation George Zhang
2012-11-07 18:41 ` [PATCH 02/12] VMCI: datagram implementation George Zhang
2012-11-15 23:47   ` Greg KH
2012-11-07 18:41 ` [PATCH 03/12] VMCI: doorbell implementation George Zhang
2012-11-07 18:41 ` [PATCH 04/12] VMCI: device driver implementaton George Zhang
2012-11-07 18:41 ` [PATCH 05/12] VMCI: event handling implementation George Zhang
2012-11-07 18:42 ` [PATCH 06/12] VMCI: handle array implementation George Zhang
2012-11-07 18:42 ` [PATCH 07/12] VMCI: queue pairs implementation George Zhang
2012-11-15 23:48   ` Greg KH
2012-11-07 18:42 ` [PATCH 08/12] VMCI: resource object implementation George Zhang
2012-11-07 18:42 ` [PATCH 09/12] VMCI: routing implementation George Zhang
2012-11-07 18:42 ` [PATCH 10/12] VMCI: guest side driver implementation George Zhang
2012-11-07 18:42 ` [PATCH 11/12] VMCI: host " George Zhang
2012-11-16  0:03   ` Greg KH
2012-11-07 18:43 ` [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files George Zhang
2012-11-16  0:01   ` Greg KH
2012-11-27  0:03   ` Greg KH
2012-11-27  0:23     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-11-27  0:32       ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-11-27  0:45         ` [Pv-drivers] " Dmitry Torokhov
2012-11-30 16:47       ` Andy King
2012-11-30 17:09         ` Greg KH
2012-11-30 17:20           ` [Pv-drivers] " Dmitry Torokhov
2012-11-30 18:39             ` Greg KH
2012-11-30 18:45               ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-11-30 18:57                 ` Greg KH
2012-11-30 20:09                   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-11-30 20:44                     ` Greg KH
2012-11-30 20:58                       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-11-30 21:17                         ` Greg KH
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-01-08 23:52 [PATCH 00/12] VMCI for Linux upstreaming George Zhang
2013-01-08 23:55 ` [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files George Zhang
2012-11-21 20:31 [PATCH 00/12] VMCI for Linux upstreaming George Zhang
2012-11-21 20:36 ` [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files George Zhang
2012-11-01 17:28 [PATCH 00/12] VMCI for Linux upstreaming George Zhang
2012-11-01 17:30 ` [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files George Zhang
2012-10-30  1:03 [PATCH 00/12] VMCI for Linux upstreaming George Zhang
2012-10-30  1:05 ` [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files George Zhang
2012-10-30  2:32   ` Greg KH
2012-10-30  2:38   ` Greg KH

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