Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 05/22] xen/arm: ITS: Port ITS driver to Xen

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2015-07-29 at 20:52 +0530, Vijay Kilari wrote:
> Hi Julien,
> 
>   Can you please explain what is the problem with making a function
> non-static for compilation purpose and later make it static when used?

It's noise in the series, which makes it harder to review and it is noise
in the history which makes it hard to follow what happened.

You should structure the series so that each patch individually makes sense
and builds upon the previous patches. Introducing things only to remove
them later, or making the non-static just to keep the compiler happy until
they are used is a sign that your series is badly organised, which you
should fix.

> In anycase we are going to merge all the patches at once.

I'm afraid that doesn't matter, each point in the series should standalone.

http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Submitting_Xen_Patches#Making_good_patches covers
some of this.

Ian.


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