linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 09/20] staging: comedi: adv_pci1723: fix initial dio subdevice state and io

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Message-ID: <ADE657CA350FB648AAC2C43247A983F00206AAFDC467@AUSP01VMBX24.collaborationhost.net>
Date:	Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:51:23 -0500
From:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"abbotti@....co.uk" <abbotti@....co.uk>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 09/20] staging: comedi: adv_pci1723: fix initial dio
 subdevice state and io_bits

On Monday, August 20, 2012 2:49 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 06:17:38PM -0700, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>> +	if (this_board->n_diochan) {
>> +		s = dev->subdevices + subdev;
>
> This pointer math sucks still...  I feel like the unreadable code is
> part of what caused this bug.
>
> We don't have to change these all at once.  If we fix only one line,
> then at least one line will be readable and that is one more than
> before so *improvement*.

Hello Dan,

I'll work of changing the pointer math to array access.

I'll try to post a big chunk of them today.

Regards,
Hartley

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