linux-kernel - Re: GPU-DRM-TILCDC: Less function calls in tilcdc_convert_slave

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Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:55:05 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Jyri Sarha <jsarha@...com>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: GPU-DRM-TILCDC: Less function calls in
 tilcdc_convert_slave_node() after error detection

>> A special view on software simplicity can also lead to questionable intermediate
>> function implementation, can't it?
> 
> I don't really follow. But in any case I do not see anything
> questionable in the current tilcdc_convert_slave_node() implementation.

I identified update candidates there like the following.

1. Delayed checking for null pointers
…
	if (!slave || !of_device_is_available(lcdc))
…

2. Usage of a single jump label for (too many?) cases
…
		goto out;
…

   Can the corresponding exception handling become also a bit more efficient?


>> Would you like to care a bit more for efficiency and software correctness
>> around the discussed exception handling?
> 
> No, I would not.

Thanks for this information.

I hope that the software situation can also be improved around
this design aspect somehow.


> For the moment I have more important tasks to do.

I know also that various open issues are competing for your software
development attention as usual.

Regards,
Markus