linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/14] MIPS: OCTEON: Handle OCTEON III in csrc-octeon.

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Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:29:28 -0800
From:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
To:	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
CC:	Aleksey Makarov <feumilieu@...il.com>, <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>,
	Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@...iga.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/14] MIPS: OCTEON: Handle OCTEON III in csrc-octeon.

On 12/15/2014 01:24 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 09:03:20PM +0300, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
>>   	if (current_cpu_type() == CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON2) {
>>   		union cvmx_mio_rst_boot rst_boot;
>> +
>>   		rst_boot.u64 = cvmx_read_csr(CVMX_MIO_RST_BOOT);
>>   		rdiv = rst_boot.s.c_mul;	/* CPU clock */
>>   		sdiv = rst_boot.s.pnr_mul;	/* I/O clock */
>>   		f = (0x8000000000000000ull / sdiv) * 2;
>> +	} else if (current_cpu_type() == CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON3) {
>> +		union cvmx_rst_boot rst_boot;
>> +
>> +		rst_boot.u64 = cvmx_read_csr(CVMX_RST_BOOT);
>> +		rdiv = rst_boot.s.c_mul;	/* CPU clock */
>> +		sdiv = rst_boot.s.pnr_mul;	/* I/O clock */
>> +		f = (0x8000000000000000ull / sdiv) * 2;
>>   	}
>
> The f = ... part could be moved outside the if blocks to avoid copy paste.
>

No, If you look at the rest of the file, you will find that there are 
checks in the form:

   if (f != 0) ...

There is a reason that we leave f with its default value of zero in some 
of the cases.

David Daney

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