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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: squash lines for simple wrapper functions
On Sat, 10 Sep 2016, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > * Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> > > > static unsigned long set_apic_id(unsigned int id)
> > > > {
> > > > - unsigned long x;
> > > > -
> > > > /* maskout x2apic_extra_bits ? */
> > > > - x = id;
> > > > - return x;
> > > > + return id;
> > > > }
> > >
> > > This was clearly left there to document a quirk and as a placeholder for future
> > > changes.
> >
> > Keeping the comment and rewording it to:
> >
> > /* CHECKME: Do we need to mask out the xapic extra bits */
> >
> > should be good enough. The variable dance is not really giving any value.
>
> Yeah, sure - my point was that the mindless removal is wrong.

He kept the comment. The rewording is a bonus.

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