Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v8 01/16] hashtable: introduce a small and naive hashtable

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds linux-foundation org>]

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt goodmis org> wrote:
>
> ({                                                                    \
>         sizeof(val) <= 4 ? hash_32(val, bits) : hash_long(val, bits); \
> })
>
> Is the better way to go. We are C programmers, we like to see the ?: on
> a single line if possible. The way you have it, looks like three
> statements run consecutively.

If we're C programmers, why use the non-standard statement-expression
at all? And split it onto three lines when it's just a single one?

But whatever. This series has gotten way too much bike-shedding
anyway. I think it should just be applied, since it does remove lines
of code overall. I'd even possibly apply it to mainline, but it seems
to be against linux-next.

             Linus