linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: Atmel Serial Console interrupt handler splitup

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Date:	Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:29:07 +0100
From:	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>
To:	"Andrew Victor" <avictor.za@...il.com>
Cc:	"Remy Bohmer" <linux@...mer.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"ARM Linux Mailing List" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk>,
	"Russell King - ARM Linux" <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Atmel Serial Console interrupt handler splitup

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:08:05 +0200
"Andrew Victor" <avictor.za@...il.com> wrote:

> > #define at_readl(port, off)     __raw_readl((port)->membase + (off))
> > #define at_writel(v, port, off) __raw_writel(v, (port)->membase + (off))
> >
> > #define UART_PUT_CR(port, v)    at_writel(v, port, ATMEL_US_CR)
> > #define UART_PUT_MR(port, v)    at_writel(v, port, ATMEL_US_MR)  
> 
> I'd like to point out this relatively recent change to CodingStyle.
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dff4982f5cd4e30e2a140a3bca95d8814115bf5b
> 
> So I don't see a reason for complicating the code by adding additional
> macro's just to fit it in 80 column's.

Hmm...yes, I think that change to the CodingStyle makes sense. But I
guess the question is whether the old code "significantly increases
readability" and whether the new code "hides information".

I don't think so, but I don't feel all that strongly about it. I'd
actually prefer if we used at_writel() and at_readl() throughout the
code and killed those UART_PUT/UART_GET macros.

Haavard
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