linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] fujitsu-laptop: call_fext

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Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2017 18:19:52 -0700
From:   Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To:     Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...t42.net>
Cc:     Micha?? K??pie?? <kernel@...pniu.pl>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] fujitsu-laptop: call_fext_func() cleanup

On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 09:13:50AM +0930, Jonathan Woithe wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 03:13:11PM -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 11:38:56AM +0200, Micha?? K??pie?? wrote:
> > > This series contains a few cleanups for the call_fext_func() function.
> > > It does not depend on the previous series I submitted for
> > > fujitsu-laptop, which is why I am sending it in parallel with the
> > > backlight cleanup series.
> > > 
> > > While patches 1 and 2 are tangible improvements, I will understand if
> > > you deem patch 3 to be unnecessary churn.  I decided to submit it anyway
> > > as I think it might bring some benefit to a casual reader of the
> > > module's code, but it is basically just a suggestion and as it is the
> > > last patch, it can simply be omitted when the series is applied.
> > > 
> > >  drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c | 39 +++++++++++------------------------
> > >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> > 
> > These all look like worthwhile changes to me. Jonathan, are you aware of
> > any usage of the arguments in 3/3 that would argue against changing their
> > names to the more specific ones?
> 
> Certainly not at this stage and realistically I don't expect this to change.
> The suggested renaming of fields does add a degree of clarity to the code so
> I have no problem with it.
> 
> > Pushed to the temporary fujitsu branch for testing, awaiting ack from
> > Jonathan.
> 
> Even though these are small changes I agree that all three patches contain
> worthwhile improvements.  I'm happy for all three of them to be merged.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...t42.net>
> 
> FYI I am still working through the more extensive backlight cleanup series.
> This is a particularly busy week for me so my review comments might only
> come through towards the end of the week or during the weekend.

No problem, thanks!

-- 
Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center