Re: [PATCH 1/4 linux-next] xfs: use swap() in xfs_dir2_leafn_rebalance()

From: Fabian Frederick
Date: Mon May 18 2015 - 14:06:24 EST




> On 18 May 2015 at 19:19 Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 07:13:48PM +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> >Â Â Â * If the block order is wrong, swap the arguments.
> >Â Â Â */
> > -Â Âif ((swap = xfs_dir2_leafn_order(dp, blk1->bp, blk2->bp))) {
> > -     Âxfs_da_state_blk_t   *tmp; Â/* temp for block swap */
> > +Â Âswap = xfs_dir2_leafn_order(dp, blk1->bp, blk2->bp);
> > +Â Âif (swap)
> > +Â Â Â Â Â Âswap(blk1, blk2);
>
> Egads... Have you even read what you'd written? Yes, sure, preprocessor
> will do the right thing, but it's a very noticable annoyance for somebody
> reading that. Rename the bleeding flag, please.

I wanted to focus on the swap() update in this small patchset (some other things
should be done in there like have xfs_dir2_leafn_order() return bool) but I can
rename it in something like need_swap. Do I need to resend the 4 patches Dave ?

Regards,
Fabian
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