Re: [PATCH v2 15/21] ALSA: oxygen: use match_string() helper

From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Thu May 31 2018 - 14:59:40 EST


On Thu, 31 May 2018 20:41:36 +0200,
Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > match_string() returns the index of an array for a matching string,
> > which can be used instead of open coded variant.
>
> Sorry, didn't notice before one thing:
>
> > + j = match_string(known_ctl_names, CONTROL_COUNT, ctl->id.name);
> > + if (j >= 0) {
> > + chip->controls[j] = ctl;
> > + ctl->private_free = oxygen_any_ctl_free;
> > + }
>
> It looks to me you may get rid of j completely by utilizing existing err.

Well, err isn't ideal as it's referred as the actual index.
That is, the line below looks weird to me:
chip->controls[err] = ctl;

Of course, j isn't the best name, either, but at least, keeping the
same variable makes the code conversion logic clearer.


thanks,

Takashi