Re: [PATCH] via-velocity: Codestyle fixes

From: Alexander Wigen
Date: Thu Oct 28 2010 - 01:36:15 EST


Hi Joe,

Thanks for that very quick review, this is my first kernel patch.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, you wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 13:48 +1000, alex@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Alexander Wigen <alex@xxxxxxxxx>
> > @@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ static int velocity_alloc_rx_buf(struct
> > velocity_info *vptr, int idx)
> >
> > * Fill in the descriptor to match
> > */
> >
> > - *((u32 *) & (rd->rdesc0)) = 0;
> > + *((u32 *) &(rd->rdesc0)) = 0;
>
> I think this style change isn't really that good.
> rdesc0 is:
>
> struct rdesc0 {
> __le16 RSR; /* Receive status */
> __le16 len; /* bits 0--13; bit 15 - owner */
> };
>
> I think it more sensible to either set the fields
> in the struct to 0 or to memset the struct to 0.

Not sure what is best so I reverted the change.

> > @@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ static int velocity_init_td_ring(struct
> > velocity_info *vptr)
> >
> > static void velocity_free_dma_rings(struct velocity_info *vptr)
> > {
> >
> > const int size = vptr->options.numrx * sizeof(struct rx_desc) +
> >
> > - vptr->options.numtx * sizeof(struct tx_desc) * vptr->tx.numq;
> > + vptr->options.numtx * sizeof(struct tx_desc) *vptr->tx.numq;
>
> If checkpatch warns about this, it's wrong.

It does produce a error acctually, but I have reverted the change:

drivers/net/via-velocity.c:1684: ERROR: space prohibited after that '*'
(ctx:WxW)


>
> > @@ -2477,24 +2477,24 @@ static struct net_device_stats
> > *velocity_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
> >
> > dev->stats.rx_errors = vptr->mib_counter[HW_MIB_ifRxErrorPkts];
> > dev->stats.rx_length_errors =
> > vptr->mib_counter[HW_MIB_ifInRangeLengthErrors];
> >
> > -// unsigned long rx_dropped; /* no space in linux buffers */
> > +/* unsigned long rx_dropped; /* no space in linux buffers */
>
> why not just remove all these commented-out lines?

Done.

> > @@ -2957,7 +2957,7 @@ static int velocity_set_wol(struct velocity_info
> > *vptr)
> >
> > memcpy(arp->ar_tip, vptr->ip_addr, 4);
> >
> > crc = wol_calc_crc((sizeof(struct arp_packet) + 7) / 8, buf,
> >
> > - (u8 *) & mask_pattern[0][0]);
> > + (u8 *) &mask_pattern[0][0]);
>
> perhaps just (u8 *)mask_pattern?
>
> > @@ -3454,7 +3453,7 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops
> > velocity_ethtool_ops = {
> >
> > .set_wol = velocity_ethtool_set_wol,
> > .get_msglevel = velocity_get_msglevel,
> > .set_msglevel = velocity_set_msglevel,
> >
> > - .set_sg = ethtool_op_set_sg,
> > + .set_sg = ethtool_op_set_sg,
>
> bad alignment?

Sorry, wrong editor tab width.

Cheers,
Alexander Wigen
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