Re: [PATCH] simplify grub_raid_array

[Robert Millan]

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:43:39PM +0100, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
> At Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:45:07 +0100,
> Robert Millan wrote:
> > Unless I missed something, it seems that grub_raid_array contains redundant
> > information (`name' is already present via `disk->name').  I propose to
> > simplify it this way.
> 
> No idea why, I don't have the time to look at the actual code, but 
>  
> > @@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ grub_raid_scan_device (const char *name)
> >       return 0;
> >     }
> >    
> > -      if (array->device[sb.this_disk.number].name != 0)
> > +      if (array->device[sb.this_disk.number]->name != 0)
> >     {
> >       /* We found multiple devices with the same number. Again,
> >          this shouldn't happen.*/
> 
> looks suspicious to me. Is that really doing what it is meant to do?

Yes.  `array->device[sb.this_disk.number]' used to be:

  struct { char *name; grub_disk_t disk; }

and it becomes grub_disk_t, which is:

  struct { char *name; other stuff; } *

this is tested in runtime.  My concern was more about whether both `name'
instances could have different meaning or so.

-- 
Robert Millan

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