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From: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
To: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, michal.simek@petalogix.com,
	arnd@arndb.de, john.williams@petalogix.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	peter.fritzsche@gmx.de, anton@samba.org, mingo@elte.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] asm-generic: Use raw_local_irq_save/restore instead local_irq_save/restore
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:14:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BFE1BD7.2090702@monstr.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1274893911.22648.246.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>

Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 10:08 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
>> If a developer looks at atomic_add_return() and asks himself "why did
>> this use raw_local_irq_save()", the only way of answering that question
>> is to go groveling through the git logs, which is a right PITA if
>> you're trying to get some coding work done.
>>
>> Guys, any time you add code which is non-obvious at the raw C level, it
>> *needs* a comment!
> 
> Totally agree!  I've gotten pretty good at adding comments to changes
> like this that I do. I need to get better at telling others to comment
> their work ;-)

ok. Will add any sensible comment.

Michal

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-27  7:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1274863724-14906-1-git-send-email-monstr@monstr.eu>
     [not found] ` <1274863724-14906-2-git-send-email-monstr@monstr.eu>
2010-05-26 14:42   ` [PATCH] asm-generic: Use raw_local_irq_save/restore instead local_irq_save/restore Steven Rostedt
2010-05-26 17:08     ` Andrew Morton
2010-05-26 17:11       ` Steven Rostedt
2010-05-27  7:14         ` Michal Simek [this message]
2010-05-27  9:11         ` Yong Zhang
2010-07-26  8:49       ` Michal Simek
2010-07-27 23:18         ` Andrew Morton
2010-07-27 23:54           ` Mike Frysinger
2010-07-28  5:23             ` Michal Simek
2010-07-28  5:20           ` Michal Simek
2010-07-28  5:35             ` Mike Frysinger

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