2013-03-01 05:12:48

by R, Durgadoss

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Subject: RE: [PATCHv3 0/8] Thermal Framework Enhancements

Hi Eduardo,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eduardo Valentin [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 3:04 AM
> To: R, Durgadoss
> Cc: Zhang, Rui; [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 0/8] Thermal Framework Enhancements
>
>
> Durga,
>
>
>
> On 05-02-2013 06:46, Durgadoss R wrote:
> > This patch set is a v3 of the previous versions submitted here:
> > [v2]: http://lwn.net/Articles/531720/
> > [v1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/18/108
> > [RFC]:https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1758921/
>
> On this version I have some implementation details which applies mostly
> for the series. So, I am replying to patch 0 to summarize:
>
> - Consider using linked list

This I thought through on my RFC itself.
I know we have arrays, but using list adds too many members
to the structures, and protection becomes really cryptic.

> - You may have contention on your indexes and arrays
> - overflow on your buffer (carefully check your implementation)
> - zone removal condition. can we remove zones with sensors/cdevs/maps
> registered?
> - Minors on strlcpy, snprintf, devm_ helpers
> - documentation in the code for these helper functions and also better
> naming..

I will try to take care of these in my next version, as far as I can see.
But would really help if you can point the specific code that needs
improvement.

Thanks,
Durga