Re: [PATCH v2 08/11] driver core: fw_devlink: Make cycle detection more robust

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Jan 30 2023 - 09:36:33 EST


Hi Andy,

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 1:16 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 11:34:28PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 1:43 AM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 04:11:35PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > > > +static bool __fw_devlink_relax_cycles(struct device *con,
> > > > + struct fwnode_handle *sup_handle)
> > > > +{
> > > > + struct fwnode_link *link;
> > > > + struct device_link *dev_link;
> > >
> > > > + struct device *sup_dev = NULL, *par_dev = NULL;
> > >
> > > You can put it the first line since it's long enough.
> >
> > Wait, is that a style guideline to have the longer lines first?
>
> No, but it's easier to read.

Yes it is, "reverse xmas tree" local variable ordering:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.2-rc6/source/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst#L272

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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