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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: chakravarthi Kulkarni <chakravarthikulkarni2021@gmail.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>,
	H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>,
	Ethan Edwards <ethancarteredwards@gmail.com>,
	devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: comedi: Fixed side effects from macro definition.
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:30:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YDYAm4GeMD/M4gic@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEwrQWZEXYJDsTDiOAZLOr5jLXXyuZamwqRMquCyBdYPa8anow@mail.gmail.com>

A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:47:26PM +0530, chakravarthi Kulkarni wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tested it will unit test cases it looks fine.
> int x = 10;
> NI_USUAL_PFI_SELECT(x++)
> 
> will not have side effects as it is taken care using local variable in
> macro.

You ignored what Ian said about why this change was not ok :(

It's long deleted from my review queue, sorry.

greg k-h

      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-02-24  7:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-17 14:20 [PATCH] drivers: staging: comedi: Fixed side effects from macro definition chakravarthikulkarni
2021-02-18 10:13 ` Ian Abbott
     [not found]   ` <CAEwrQWZEXYJDsTDiOAZLOr5jLXXyuZamwqRMquCyBdYPa8anow@mail.gmail.com>
2021-02-24  7:30     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]

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