netdev - Re: [PATCH v4] wifi：mac80211: Replace the ternary conditional operator with conditional-statements

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Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2023 16:01:53 +0800
From: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
To: You Kangren <youkangren@...o.com>, Johannes Berg
 <johannes@...solutions.net>,  "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric
 Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo
 Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, "open list:MAC80211"
 <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, "open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]"
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: opensource.kernel@...o.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] wifi：mac80211: Replace the
 ternary conditional operator with conditional-statements

On Mon, 2023-07-03 at 11:02 +0800, You Kangren wrote:
> Replacing ternary conditional operators with conditional statements 
> ensures proper expression of meaning while making it easier for 
> the compiler to generate code.

No you underestimated the compiler here.  Both GCC and Clang translates
the ternary operator and the if statement into the same IR during very
early passes.

Maybe there is some reason to avoid ternary operators, but "making it
easier for compiler" is just invalid.  And "my text book/my teacher says
ternary operators are bad" will be invalid too, the kernel coding
convention is not what the text book or teacher say.

> Signed-off-by: You Kangren <youkangren@...o.com>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/tdls.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/tdls.c b/net/mac80211/tdls.c
> index a4af3b7675ef..41176491965d 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/tdls.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/tdls.c
> @@ -946,7 +946,8 @@ ieee80211_tdls_build_mgmt_packet_data(struct
> ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>         int ret;
>         struct ieee80211_link_data *link;
>  
> -       link_id = link_id >= 0 ? link_id : 0;
> +       if (link_id < 0)
> +               link_id = 0;
>         rcu_read_lock();
>         link = rcu_dereference(sdata->link[link_id]);
>         if (WARN_ON(!link))

-- 
Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University