linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] dma-debug: add dma_debug

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:08:13 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Cc:	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	joerg.roedel@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] dma-debug: add dma_debug_driver kernel command line

On Thu, 28 May 2009 17:19:30 +0200
Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com> wrote:

> This patch add the dma_debug_driver= boot parameter to enable the driver
> filter for early boot.
> 

Please always update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt when adding
new boot options.

> +static int __init parse_dma_debug_driver(char *str)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < NAME_MAX_LEN - 1; ++i, ++str) {
> +		current_driver_name[i] = *str;
> +		if (*str == ' ' || *str == '\t' || isspace(*str) || *str == 0)

The comparisons with ' ' and '\t' are unneeded, surely?

> +			break;
> +	}
> +	current_driver_name[i] = 0;
> +
> +	if (current_driver_name[0])
> +		printk(KERN_INFO "DMA-API: enable driver filter for "
> +				 "driver [%s]\n", current_driver_name);
> +
> +
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +__setup("dma_debug_driver=", parse_dma_debug_driver);

The whole thing seems a bit overdone - take a look at some other __setup
functions, see what they're doing.  None of them bother looking for
spaces in the input - higher level code took care of that.

It's conventional for the name of a __setup function to end in "_setup".
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