On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 06:04:42PM +0000, Wiles, Roger Keith wrote: > I am also looking at the bulk dequeue routines, which the ring can be fixed > or variable. On fixed < 0 on error is returned and 0 if successful. On a > variable ring < 0 on error or n on success, but I think n can be zero in the > variable case, correct? > Yes, that seems right.
> If these are true then why not have the routines return < 0 on error and >= > 0 on success. Which means a dequeue from a fixed ring would return only > ?requested size n? or < 0 if you error off the 0 case. The 0 case could be > OK, if you allow zero to be return on a empty ring for the fixed ring case. > > Does this make sense to anyone? > I agree, I don't see why the behavior is bifurcated the way it is, its nonsensical. Neil > Thanks > ++Keith > > Keith Wiles, Principal Technologist with CTO office, Wind River mobile > 972-213-5533 > >
