linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 28/33] staging: comedi: cb_das16_cs: cleanup das16cs_ai

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Message-ID: <4FE97DB2.9070101@mev.co.uk>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:15:30 +0100
From:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:	Ian Abbott <ian.abbott@....co.uk>
CC:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net" <fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 28/33] staging: comedi: cb_das16_cs: cleanup das16cs_ai_rinsn()

On 2012-06-26 10:09, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 2012-06-26 01:17, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>> @@ -129,7 +124,22 @@ static int das16cs_ai_rinsn(struct comedi_device *dev,
>>    	outw(devpriv->status1, dev->iobase + 4);
>>
>>    	devpriv->status2 &= ~0xff00;
>> -	devpriv->status2 |= range_bits[range];
>> +	switch (range) {
>> +	case 0:
>> +		devpriv->status2 |= 0x800;
>> +		break;
>> +	case 1:
>> +		devpriv->status2 |= 0x000;
>> +		break;
>> +	case 2:
>> +		devpriv->status2 |= 0x100;
>> +		break;
>> +	case 3:
>> +		devpriv->status2 |= 0x200;
>> +		break;
>> +	default:
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +	}
>
> Is that really an improvement?  The 'range' variable value will be in
> range anyway (the comedi core checks beforehand in
> comedi_check_chanlist()), and looking up the constant to OR with
> devpriv->status2 is probably less object code (and certainly less source
> code).

I meant looking up the constant in the static array of course.  It 
doesn't really matter if you want to do it this way though, and the 
`static int range_bits[]` you removed should have been `static const int 
range_bits[]` anyway.

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