linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging/iio/meter: fix the coding style problem

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Date:	Tue, 1 May 2012 10:08:14 +0600
From:	joseph daniel <josephdanielwalter@...il.com>
To:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Cc:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging/iio/meter: fix the coding style problem

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de> wrote:
> On 04/30/2012 09:26 PM, joseph daniel wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: joseph daniel <josephdanielwalter@...il.com>
>> ---
>> Hi Lars,
>>       Thanks for review. how about the below change?
>>  drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7854-i2c.c |    6 +++++-
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7854-i2c.c b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7854-i2c.c
>> index 1e1faa0..52bdb05 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7854-i2c.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7854-i2c.c
>> @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static int ade7854_i2c_read_reg_32(struct device *dev,
>>  {
>>       struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
>>       struct ade7854_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>> +     uint32_t value;
>>       int ret;
>>
>>       mutex_lock(&st->buf_lock);
>> @@ -195,7 +196,10 @@ static int ade7854_i2c_read_reg_32(struct device *dev,
>>       if (ret)
>>               goto out;
>>
>> -     *val = (st->rx[0] << 24) | (st->rx[1] << 16) | (st->rx[2] << 8) | st->rx[3];
>> +     memcpy(&value, st->rx, sizeof(uint32_t));
>> +
>
> Uhm, yes, you are right st->rx is unaligned. The memcpy is not necessary though
> if you use get_unaligned_be32. Sorry for the pointer to the wrong function.
>
> Btw. there are a few other locations in this driver which could use the
> put_unaligned_be* and get_unaligned_be* functions. Would be great if you could
> convert these as well.
>
>> +     *val = be32_to_cpu(value);
>> +
>>  out:
>>       mutex_unlock(&st->buf_lock);
>>       return ret;
>

Thanks for review. i will be glad doing those changes. i will send
patch as soon as i get free.

Thanks.
Joseph.
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