On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 10:29:50AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:09 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:04:48PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote: > > I mean don't use ASL to comment C. It's not more readable. > > Describe why the code is the way it is. Use variables by preference, > > C does not have weird limitations like ASL so you don't need to call > > your variables "arg3". What does it hold? > > > > What it holds is function number specific. It's similar to > SYSCALL_DEFINEx where the ASL code is there to marshal arguments from > the OS through ACPI to a BIOS routine. See the definition of the > example _DSM functions here and the usages of "Arg3": > http://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_DSM_Interface_Example.pdf So it seems to say "3.1.1.1.1 Input (Arg3)". Is that right? So Aml *input = aml_arg(3); /* Input (Arg3) */ or even Aml *input_arg3 = aml_arg(3); /* Input (Arg3) */ My point is we are not writing ASL. There is no reason to use cryptic names. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
