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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:28:46 +0200
From:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
To:	Németh Márton <nm127@...email.hu>
Cc:	video4linux-list@...hat.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] video: simplify cx18_get_input() and ivtv_get_input()

On Monday 13 October 2008 22:54:06 Németh Márton wrote:
> From: Márton Németh <nm127@...email.hu>
>
> The cx18_get_input() and ivtv_get_input() are called
> once from the VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT ioctl() and once from
> the *_log_status() functions. In the first case the
> struct v4l2_input is already filled with zeros,
> so doing this again is unnecessary.

And in the second case no one cares whether the struct is zeroed. And 
the same situation is also true for ivtv_get_output().

I would suggest just removing the memset() from ivtv_get_input, 
ivtv_get_output and cx18_get_input.

Good that you spotted that this memset is no longer needed BTW. I hadn't 
realized that.

For the record, I NACK this patch, but if you can make a new one that 
just removes the memsets then I'll sign off on that.

Regards,

	Hans

> The *_log_status() functions are called from
> VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS ioctl() which is only used for
> debug purposes, so it is worth to move the filling
> with zeros to a least frequently used function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Márton Németh <nm127@...email.hu>
> ---
> diff -upr linux-2.6.27.orig/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-cards.c
> linux-2.6.27/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-cards.c ---
> linux-2.6.27.orig/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-cards.c	2008-10-10
> 00:13:53.000000000 +0200 +++
> linux-2.6.27/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-cards.c	2008-10-13
> 21:27:54.000000000 +0200 @@ -320,10 +320,9 @@ int
> cx18_get_input(struct cx18 *cx, u16 "Composite 3"
>  	};
>
> -	memset(input, 0, sizeof(*input));
>  	if (index >= cx->nof_inputs)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> -	input->index = index;
> +
>  	strlcpy(input->name, input_strs[card_input->video_type - 1],
>  			sizeof(input->name));
>  	input->type = (card_input->video_type == CX18_CARD_INPUT_VID_TUNER
> ? diff -upr linux-2.6.27.orig/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.c
> linux-2.6.27/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.c ---
> linux-2.6.27.orig/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.c	2008-10-10
> 00:13:53.000000000 +0200 +++
> linux-2.6.27/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.c	2008-10-13
> 21:28:11.000000000 +0200 @@ -712,7 +712,11 @@ static int
> cx18_log_status(struct file * cx18_read_eeprom(cx, &tv);
>  	}
>  	cx18_call_i2c_clients(cx, VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS, NULL);
> +
> +	memset(&vidin, 0, sizeof(vidin));
> +	vidin.index = cx->active_input;
>  	cx18_get_input(cx, cx->active_input, &vidin);
> +
>  	cx18_get_audio_input(cx, cx->audio_input, &audin);
>  	CX18_INFO("Video Input: %s\n", vidin.name);
>  	CX18_INFO("Audio Input: %s\n", audin.name);
> diff -upr linux-2.6.27.orig/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.c
> linux-2.6.27/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.c ---
> linux-2.6.27.orig/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.c	2008-10-10
> 00:13:53.000000000 +0200 +++
> linux-2.6.27/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-cards.c	2008-10-13
> 21:22:59.000000000 +0200 @@ -1199,10 +1199,9 @@ int
> ivtv_get_input(struct ivtv *itv, u16 "Composite 3"
>  	};
>
> -	memset(input, 0, sizeof(*input));
>  	if (index >= itv->nof_inputs)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> -	input->index = index;
> +
>  	strlcpy(input->name, input_strs[card_input->video_type - 1],
>  			sizeof(input->name));
>  	input->type = (card_input->video_type == IVTV_CARD_INPUT_VID_TUNER
> ? diff -upr linux-2.6.27.orig/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-ioctl.c
> linux-2.6.27/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-ioctl.c ---
> linux-2.6.27.orig/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-ioctl.c	2008-10-10
> 00:13:53.000000000 +0200 +++
> linux-2.6.27/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-ioctl.c	2008-10-13
> 21:21:35.000000000 +0200 @@ -1446,7 +1446,11 @@ static int
> ivtv_log_status(struct file * ivtv_read_eeprom(itv, &tv);
>  	}
>  	ivtv_call_i2c_clients(itv, VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS, NULL);
> +
> +	memset(&vidin, 0, sizeof(vidin));
> +	vidin.index = itv->active_input;
>  	ivtv_get_input(itv, itv->active_input, &vidin);
> +
>  	ivtv_get_audio_input(itv, itv->audio_input, &audin);
>  	IVTV_INFO("Video Input:  %s\n", vidin.name);
>  	IVTV_INFO("Audio Input:  %s%s\n", audin.name,
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