Re: [PATCH] USB: add scatter-gather support to usbmon

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On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:32:23 -0500 (EST)
Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Pete might not like the argument and return-value changes to
> mon_bin_get_data(), but they made sense to me.

> -		ep->flag_data = mon_bin_get_data(rp, offset, urb, length);
> -		if (ep->flag_data != 0) {	/* Yes, it's 0x00, not '0' */
> +		length = mon_bin_get_data(rp, offset, urb, length,
> +				&ep->flag_data);

It's a very GNOMEist way to program. Sure you won a stack word
(assuming you have enough registers), but who the heck cares?
I'd pass length by reference, which clearly tells us that it's
intended to be modified. But it's not a big deal.

-- Pete
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