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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: George Spelvin <lkml@sdf.org>
Cc: geert@linux-m68k.org, 13@sdf.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	daniel.wagner@siemens.com, dchinner@redhat.com,
	don.mullis@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk, st5pub@yandex.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] lib/sort: Make swap functions more generic
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:18:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190314121811.GY9224@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201903141153.x2EBrtKi000133@sdf.org>

On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 11:53:55AM +0000, George Spelvin wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 11:41:26 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 11:10 AM George Spelvin <lkml@sdf.org> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 09 Mar 2019 at 23:19:49 +0300, Andrey Abramov wrote:
> >>>> How about one of:
> >>>> swap_bytes / swap_ints / swap_longs
> >>>> swap_1 / swap_4 / swap_8
> >>>
> >>> longs are ambiguous, so I would prefer bit-sized types.
> >>
> >> I already implemented Andrey's suggestions, which were the exact
> >> opposite of yours.
> >>
> >> Pistols at dawn?

> I just want to pick some names and move on.  Since nothing so far seems
> satsify everyone, I'll go with the ponderous but utterly unambiguous:

> swap_bytes
> swap_4byte_words
> swap_8byte_words

Works for me, or if someone insists it might be also bits there.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2019-03-14 12:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-09  2:17 [PATCH 0/5] lib/sort & lib/list_sort: faster and smaller George Spelvin
2019-02-21  6:30 ` [PATCH 1/5] lib/sort: Make swap functions more generic George Spelvin
     [not found]   ` <20190309140653.GO9224@smile.fi.intel.com>
2019-03-09 15:53     ` lkml
2019-03-09 20:19       ` Andrey Abramov
2019-03-14  9:29       ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-03-14 10:09         ` George Spelvin
2019-03-14 10:41           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-14 11:53             ` George Spelvin
2019-03-14 12:18               ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2019-03-14 19:59                 ` Andrey Abramov
2019-03-15  3:35                   ` George Spelvin
2019-03-15  8:27                     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-14 10:11         ` George Spelvin
2019-03-09 21:02     ` George Spelvin
2019-03-13 21:23   ` Rasmus Villemoes
2019-03-13 22:02     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-13 23:15     ` George Spelvin
2019-02-21  8:21 ` [PATCH 2/5] lib/sort: Use more efficient bottom-up heapsort variant George Spelvin
2019-03-13 22:29   ` Rasmus Villemoes
2019-03-14  0:03     ` George Spelvin
2019-03-14  0:15       ` Rasmus Villemoes
2019-02-21  8:21 ` [PATCH 3/5] lib/sort: Avoid indirect calls to built-in swap George Spelvin
2019-03-05  3:06 ` [PATCH 4/5] lib/list_sort: Simplify and remove MAX_LIST_LENGTH_BITS George Spelvin
2019-03-10 21:54   ` Rasmus Villemoes
2019-03-10 22:29     ` George Spelvin
2019-03-14  9:10   ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-03-14  9:41     ` George Spelvin
2019-03-15  4:33     ` George Spelvin
2019-03-15  8:20       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-15 10:23         ` George Spelvin
2019-03-15 12:57           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-15 16:59             ` George Spelvin
2019-03-15 17:47               ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-15 18:53                 ` Andrey Abramov
2019-03-15 19:06                   ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-03-15 19:23                     ` Andrey Abramov
2019-03-15 19:56                       ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-03-16  3:49                         ` George Spelvin
2019-03-05  5:58 ` [PATCH 5/5] lib/list_sort: Optimize number of calls to comparison function George Spelvin
2019-03-13 23:28   ` Rasmus Villemoes
2019-03-14  1:58     ` George Spelvin
2019-06-21 23:12       ` Rasmus Villemoes
2019-12-08  8:01         ` George Spelvin
2019-03-15 19:54 ` [PATCH 0/5] lib/sort & lib/list_sort: faster and smaller Andrey Abramov

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