[linux-dvb] patch - descrambling on stream level

[Henrik Sjoberg]

>>>>
>>>>Don't bother.  free(NULL) is perfectly fine.  I would, on the
>>>>other hand, always NULL out a pointer that I've freed, unless
>>>>it is about to go out of scope.  I.e.:
>>>>
>>>>       free(p_description->extended_event.p_text_char);
>>>>       p_description->extended_event.p_text_char = NULL;
>>>>
>>>>and thus avoid memory leaks or double-frees.  Same elsewhere.
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>This is mainly in descriptor.c, which is not a rewrite, but a
>>restructuring.  However, I could put in some work here too.
>>The entire memory handling would actually benefit from a review.
>>
>>
> I would suggest to have a functional change applied, then cleanups/other
> optimizations, rather than one single patch checked in. Would be easier
> for everybody.
>
>>I would too ;) Also in descriptor.c. I wanted to change as few things as
>>possible when I had no chance of testing it.
>>
>>
>>
> What i would say is, cosmetic changes should be a different patch rather
> than a functional patch.
> But sometimes that cannot be avoided, but generally we should go that
> way i think.
>

So how should we do for now? Should we commit the changes as is now and I
will come up with a cosmetic patch after that? Or should I change my patch
according to the comments from Philip?

Henrik