linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] rtc-ab-b5ze-s3: Delete an unnecessary variable in _abb5zes3_rtc

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1601031348040.2053@localhost6.localdomain6>
Date:	Sun, 3 Jan 2016 13:48:16 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
cc:	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] rtc-ab-b5ze-s3: Delete an unnecessary variable in
 _abb5zes3_rtc_interrupt()

On Sun, 3 Jan 2016, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 09:00:30 +0100
> 
> Pass the address of the data structure element "time" directly in calls
> of the function "rtc_update_irq" instead of an extra initialisation
> for one local variable at the beginning.

Why is it better?

julia
 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-ab-b5ze-s3.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ab-b5ze-s3.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ab-b5ze-s3.c
> index e3a015a..88f1d0b 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ab-b5ze-s3.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ab-b5ze-s3.c
> @@ -816,7 +816,6 @@ static irqreturn_t _abb5zes3_rtc_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
>  	struct i2c_client *client = data;
>  	struct device *dev = &client->dev;
>  	struct abb5zes3_rtc_data *rtc_data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> -	struct rtc_device *rtc = rtc_data->rtc;
>  	u8 regs[ABB5ZES3_CTRL_SEC_LEN];
>  	int ret, handled = IRQ_NONE;
>  
> @@ -844,8 +843,7 @@ static irqreturn_t _abb5zes3_rtc_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
>  	/* Check alarm flag */
>  	if (regs[ABB5ZES3_REG_CTRL2] & ABB5ZES3_REG_CTRL2_AF) {
>  		dev_dbg(dev, "RTC alarm!\n");
> -
> -		rtc_update_irq(rtc, 1, RTC_IRQF | RTC_AF);
> +		rtc_update_irq(rtc_data->rtc, 1, RTC_IRQF | RTC_AF);
>  
>  		/* Acknowledge and disable the alarm */
>  		_abb5zes3_rtc_clear_alarm(dev);
> @@ -857,8 +855,7 @@ static irqreturn_t _abb5zes3_rtc_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
>  	/* Check watchdog Timer A flag */
>  	if (regs[ABB5ZES3_REG_CTRL2] & ABB5ZES3_REG_CTRL2_WTAF) {
>  		dev_dbg(dev, "RTC timer!\n");
> -
> -		rtc_update_irq(rtc, 1, RTC_IRQF | RTC_AF);
> +		rtc_update_irq(rtc_data->rtc, 1, RTC_IRQF | RTC_AF);
>  
>  		/*
>  		 * Acknowledge and disable the alarm. Note: WTAF
> -- 
> 2.6.3
> 
> 
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