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

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Date:	Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:57:37 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] dma-debug: add dma_debug_driver kernel command line

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 03:08:13PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 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".

Ok, thanks. Will check again here.

Joerg

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