[PATCH 6/9] staging: panel: Make two more module params read-only

[Willy Tarreau]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:50:35PM +0100, Mariusz Gorski wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:20:34PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 09:56:11PM +0100, Mariusz Gorski wrote:
> > > Make keypad_type and lcd_type module params read-only.
> > > This step also starts making it more clear what is
> > > the precedence of device params coming from different
> > > sources (device profile, runtime module param values etc).
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Mariusz Gorski <marius.gorski at gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/panel/panel.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> > >  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c b/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c
> > > index 7f2f5f8..5b4f0a4 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c
> > > @@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ static struct {
> > >  	bool enabled;
> > >  } lcd;
> > >  
> > > +/* Needed only for init */
> > > +static int selected_lcd_type = NOT_SET;
> > > +
> > >  /* contains the LCD config state */
> > >  static unsigned long int lcd_flags;
> > >  /* contains the LCD X offset */
> > > @@ -1417,7 +1420,7 @@ static void panel_lcd_print(const char *s)
> > >  /* initialize the LCD driver */
> > >  static void lcd_init(void)
> > >  {
> > > -	switch (lcd_type) {
> > > +	switch (selected_lcd_type) {
> > 
> > (...)
> > 
> > stupid question : why not move that to the lcd struct you just
> > created instead of creating a new variable ? It would make sense
> > to me to have lcd.type here just like you did with enabled.
> > Same for keypad.
> > 
> > Willy
> >
> 
> I get your point here. This var is here only because it's set
> in init_panel_module() and then used in lcd_init(). So it's needed
> really only for the init code. It doesn't directly_ describe the 
> lcd's state, so I decided to keep it out.

OK but isn't it the same for some of the other variables you moved there ?
Anyway that's not important, I have nothing against this, it was just a
question.

Willy