Re: [PATCH][RESEND] C99 initializers for DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE()

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Nov 10 2008 - 12:17:30 EST


On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:43:24 +0100 Bart Van Assche wrote:

> Could someone please be so kind to ACK the patch below, NAK it or tell
> me whether I should send the patch below to someone else ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bart.
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Bart Van Assche
> <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > A few months ago (July 25, 2008) the printk ratelimiting code has been
> > rewritten. This patch added a.o. the new macro DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(). The
> > patch below converts the initializers in that macro to C99 style.
> >
> > For more information about the printk ratelimiting rewrite, see also commit
> > 717115e1a5856b57af0f71e1df7149108294fc10
> > (http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=717115e1a5856b57af0f71e1df7149108294fc10).
> >
> > Impact: cleanup, no functionality changed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/ratelimit.h b/include/linux/ratelimit.h
> > index 18a5b9b..61cc908 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/ratelimit.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/ratelimit.h
> > @@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ struct ratelimit_state {
> > unsigned long begin;
> > };
> >
> > -#define DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(name, interval, burst) \
> > - struct ratelimit_state name = {interval, burst,}
> > +#define DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(name, interval_value, burst_value) \
> > + struct ratelimit_state name = \
> > + { .interval = (interval_value), .burst = (burst_value) }
> >
> > extern int __ratelimit(struct ratelimit_state *rs);

I thought that Andrew would pick it up.

Nit: I would put the .interval = ... and .burst = ... on separate lines.

Anyway,
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
---
~Randy
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