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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/14] crypto: Make errp the last parameter of f


From: Markus Armbruster
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/14] crypto: Make errp the last parameter of functions
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:24:31 +0200
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Fam Zheng <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mon, 04/24 09:28, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 08:27:02PM +0800, Fam Zheng wrote:
>> > Move opaque to 2nd instead of the 2nd to last, so that compilers help
>> > check with the convertion.
>> 
>> Moving 'opaque' like this should not be done.
>> 
>> If you want the compiler to check the fixes, it should be done in
>> just two stages. First move errp & move opaque to start, compile
>> it & verify. Then put opaque back to where it was, and compile
>> again. The resulting commit thus only has the errp move, not the
>> unrelated & uneccessary opaque move.
>
> The idea is to let everyone's compiler verifies this patch, and also to avoid
> possible bugs introduced in backporting/rebasing/merging - for example if a
> patch in another tree addes one more implementation that uses the old order, 
> we
> can notice.
>
> If you don't like this, we can be careful and don't move opaque; or after a
> short while, move opaque back in a separate commit (since Markus already sent 
> a
> pull request).

I'm prepared to NAK my pull request if we think we need more time to
discuss the patches.



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