[PATCH 1/5] staging: wilc1000: avoid arrray of 'wilc_debugfs_info_t' type
Greg KH
gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Sun Aug 12 15:24:21 UTC 2018
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 05:18:29PM +0530, Ajay Singh wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:29:30 +0200
> Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 10:17:41AM +0530, Ajay Singh wrote:
> > > Refactor code by removing array of 'wilc_debugfs_info_t' type and
> > > use single variable to store 'wilc_debugfs_info_t' struct value.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat at microchip.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c | 26
> > > +++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 17
> > > deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c
> > > b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c index edc7287..c5f67c9
> > > 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c
> > > @@ -78,29 +78,21 @@ struct wilc_debugfs_info_t {
> > > const struct file_operations fops;
> > > };
> > >
> > > -static struct wilc_debugfs_info_t debugfs_info[] = {
> > > - {
> > > - "wilc_debug_level",
> > > - 0666,
> > > - (DEBUG | ERR),
> > > - FOPS(NULL, wilc_debug_level_read,
> > > wilc_debug_level_write, NULL),
> > > - },
> > > +static struct wilc_debugfs_info_t debugfs_info = {
> > > + "wilc_debug_level",
> > > + 0666,
> > > + (DEBUG | ERR),
> > > + FOPS(NULL, wilc_debug_level_read, wilc_debug_level_write,
> > > NULL), };
> > >
> > > int wilc_debugfs_init(void)
> > > {
> > > - int i;
> > > - struct wilc_debugfs_info_t *info;
> > > + struct wilc_debugfs_info_t *info = &debugfs_info;
> > >
> > > wilc_dir = debugfs_create_dir("wilc_wifi", NULL);
> > > - for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(debugfs_info); i++) {
> > > - info = &debugfs_info[i];
> > > - debugfs_create_file(info->name,
> > > - info->perm,
> > > - wilc_dir,
> > > - &info->data,
> > > - &info->fops);
> > > - }
> > > + debugfs_create_file(info->name, info->perm, wilc_dir,
> > > &info->data,
> > > + &info->fops);
> > > +
> >
> > Why go through the extra step here in changing this variable from an
> > array to a single value and not just make the call to
> > debugfs_create_file() directly with the individual values like you do
> > in patch 3? It feels like this step isn't needed at all here, right?
> >
> > What am I missing?
>
> Actually, while calling debugfs_create_file() it also passed the
> "info->data", "info->perm" which was maintained in a static variable.
> So to have the changes in multiple patches, I first tried by removing
> the dependency of array and later changed the individual parameters
> for this debugfs_create_file().
But you don't need/want that here anyway, it would have been simpler to
just do it correct in one patch. That would have also been easier to
review :)
But for now, just delete this file as it is not used at all. Want me to
do it for you?
thanks,
greg k-h
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