On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 09:23:57AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > Personally I would disagree. Something like: > > if (list_is_first(&rq->queuelist, &nd->queue)) > > is much more readable to me than: > > if (rq->queuelist.prev == &nd->queue) > > The first one takes no effort for me -- it's almost English. While the > second one takes me a few seconds (and some precious brain cycles) to > decipher. > > Maybe whether it's readable depends on how many years you've been > looking at the pattern. But IMHO we shouldn't make "having x # of years > staring at kernel code" a prerequisite for being able to read kernel > code.
I think understanding the list.h semantics is a requirement for writing (or reading) non-trivial kernel code. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
