[PATCH 1/5] staging: wilc1000: avoid arrray of 'wilc_debugfs_info_t' type
Ajay Singh
ajay.kathat at microchip.com
Mon Aug 13 04:36:35 UTC 2018
Hi Greg,
On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 17:24:21 +0200
Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 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 for giving your time and support.
I will make the changes and submit the patch to delete wilc_debugfs.c
file.
Regards,
Ajay
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