Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] Packet sniffer core framework

From: Stathis Voukelatos <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:35:40 +0000

On 23/02/15 21:37, David Miller wrote:
> From: Stathis Voukelatos <[email-masked]>
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:26:21 +0000
>
>> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
>> +	/* Stop the hardware */
>> +	sch->stop(sch);
>> +	/* Set the new command pattern */
>> +	ret = sch->set_pattern(sch, skb->data, skb->len / 2);
>> +	/* Restart the hardware */
>> +	sch->start(sch);
>> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
>
> These comments are excessive.
>
> When someone calls ops->stop() what are they supposed to think the
> thing does?  Open a can of tuna?  Mow the lawn?  Wash the dishes?  No,
> it stops the thing.  Everyone understands that and you don't have to
> explicitly say it.
>
> Saying "stop the hardware" does not add anything to the source code
> that is not already implicitly there.  They just take up space and
> keep more useful information from being displayed at once on the
> screen.  Please remove all of these things.
>
> Thanks.
>

Will remove the comments in the next version of the patch set.

Thank you,
Stathis