Re: [PATCH 0/7] x86: pat.c: reserve_memtype strip down

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Jun 24 2008 - 07:08:47 EST



* Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch set will (first of all) cleanup reserve_memtype a little
> bit to make it easier to read and maintain.
>
> (... and hopefully it doesn't break anything.;-)

applied to tip/x86/pat - thanks Andreas.

> Instead of sending one large patch I broke it down into several pieces
> to make it easier to review.

thanks!

A nice splitup not only makes review easier but in the (i know, very
unlikely ;-) case of breakage it narrows down the problem change.

It also makes maintenance and integration easier.

Especially for architecture code it is very important to do as small
changes as possible.

Ingo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/