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Message-ID: <20090114214603.GC8136@colo.lackof.org>
Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:46:03 -0700
From:	dann frazier <dannf@...com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	eranian@...glemail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add rtc platform driver for EFI

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 01:25:54PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:37:45 -0700
> dann frazier <dannf@...nf.org> wrote:
> 
> > +#define LEAP_YEAR(year) ((!(year % 4) && (year % 100)) || !(year % 400))
> 
> gargh.  We should put a tax on #defines to discourage their consumption.
> 
> 
> How about we do this:

Sounds good to me :)

> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> 
> - the LEAP_YEAR macro is buggy - it references its arg multiple times. 
>   Fix this by turning it into a C function.
> 
> - give it a more approriate name
> 
> - Move it to rtc.h so that other .c files can use it, instead of copying it.
> 
> Cc: dann frazier <dannf@...com>
> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it>
> Cc: stephane eranian <eranian@...glemail.com>
> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c |    7 +++----
>  include/linux/rtc.h   |    6 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -puN drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c~rtc-convert-leap_year-into-an-inline drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c~rtc-convert-leap_year-into-an-inline
> +++ a/drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c
> @@ -26,14 +26,13 @@ static const unsigned short rtc_ydays[2]
>  };
>  
>  #define LEAPS_THRU_END_OF(y) ((y)/4 - (y)/100 + (y)/400)
> -#define LEAP_YEAR(year) ((!(year % 4) && (year % 100)) || !(year % 400))
>  
>  /*
>   * The number of days in the month.
>   */
>  int rtc_month_days(unsigned int month, unsigned int year)
>  {
> -	return rtc_days_in_month[month] + (LEAP_YEAR(year) && month == 1);
> +	return rtc_days_in_month[month] + (is_leap_year(year) && month == 1);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtc_month_days);
>  
> @@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtc_month_days);
>   */
>  int rtc_year_days(unsigned int day, unsigned int month, unsigned int year)
>  {
> -	return rtc_ydays[LEAP_YEAR(year)][month] + day-1;
> +	return rtc_ydays[is_leap_year(year)][month] + day-1;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtc_year_days);
>  
> @@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ void rtc_time_to_tm(unsigned long time, 
>  		- LEAPS_THRU_END_OF(1970 - 1);
>  	if (days < 0) {
>  		year -= 1;
> -		days += 365 + LEAP_YEAR(year);
> +		days += 365 + is_leap_year(year);
>  	}
>  	tm->tm_year = year - 1900;
>  	tm->tm_yday = days + 1;
> diff -puN include/linux/rtc.h~rtc-convert-leap_year-into-an-inline include/linux/rtc.h
> --- a/include/linux/rtc.h~rtc-convert-leap_year-into-an-inline
> +++ a/include/linux/rtc.h
> @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct rtc_pll_info {
>  
>  #ifdef __KERNEL__
>  
> +#include <linux/types.h>
>  #include <linux/interrupt.h>
>  
>  extern int rtc_month_days(unsigned int month, unsigned int year);
> @@ -232,6 +233,11 @@ int rtc_register(rtc_task_t *task);
>  int rtc_unregister(rtc_task_t *task);
>  int rtc_control(rtc_task_t *t, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
>  
> +static inline bool is_leap_year(unsigned int year)
> +{
> +	return (!(year % 4) && (year % 100)) || !(year % 400);
> +}
> +
>  #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
>  
>  #endif /* _LINUX_RTC_H_ */
> _
> 
> 
> 
> and then we modify your patch thusly:
> 
> 
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> 
> Use is_leap_year()
> 
> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it>
> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
> Cc: dann frazier <dannf@...nf.org>
> Cc: dann frazier <dannf@...com>
> Cc: stephane eranian <eranian@...glemail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c |    4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -puN arch/ia64/kernel/time.c~rtc-add-platform-driver-for-efi-fix arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
> diff -puN drivers/rtc/Kconfig~rtc-add-platform-driver-for-efi-fix drivers/rtc/Kconfig
> diff -puN drivers/rtc/Makefile~rtc-add-platform-driver-for-efi-fix drivers/rtc/Makefile
> diff -puN drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c~rtc-add-platform-driver-for-efi-fix drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c~rtc-add-platform-driver-for-efi-fix
> +++ a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> @@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
>   */
>  #define EFI_RTC_EPOCH		1998
>  
> -#define LEAP_YEAR(year) ((!(year % 4) && (year % 100)) || !(year % 400))
> -
>  /*
>   * returns day of the year [0-365]
>   */
> @@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ compute_wday(efi_time_t *eft)
>  	}
>  
>  	for (y = EFI_RTC_EPOCH; y < eft->year; y++)
> -		ndays += 365 + (LEAP_YEAR(y) ? 1 : 0);
> +		ndays += 365 + (is_leap_year(y) ? 1 : 0);
>  
>  	ndays += compute_yday(eft);
>  
> _
> 

-- 
dann frazier

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