linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/14] USB: serial: mos7840: move constants to right

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Date:	Sun, 31 Jan 2016 22:33:54 +0100
From:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:	Mathieu OTHACEHE <m.othacehe@...il.com>
Cc:	johan@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/14] USB: serial: mos7840: move constants to right

Mathieu OTHACEHE <m.othacehe@...il.com> writes:

> This patch fixes the following coccinelle warnings:
>
> drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c:2042:4-10: Move constant to right.
> drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c:2062:16-22: Move constant to right.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu OTHACEHE <m.othacehe@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c b/drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c
> index 8ddc313..982a3fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c
> @@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ static int mos7810_check(struct usb_serial *serial)
>  		/* Send the 1-bit test pattern out to MCS7810 test pin */
>  		usb_control_msg(serial->dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(serial->dev, 0),
>  			MCS_WRREQ, MCS_WR_RTYPE,
> -			(0x0300 | (((test_pattern >> i) & 0x0001) << 1)),
> +			((((test_pattern >> i) & 0x0001) << 1) | 0x0300),
>  			MODEM_CONTROL_REGISTER, NULL, 0, MOS_WDR_TIMEOUT);
>  
>  		/* Read the test pattern back */
> @@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ static int mos7810_check(struct usb_serial *serial)
>  
>  	/* Restore MCR setting */
>  	usb_control_msg(serial->dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(serial->dev, 0), MCS_WRREQ,
> -		MCS_WR_RTYPE, 0x0300 | mcr_data, MODEM_CONTROL_REGISTER, NULL,
> +		MCS_WR_RTYPE, mcr_data | 0x0300, MODEM_CONTROL_REGISTER, NULL,
>  		0, MOS_WDR_TIMEOUT);
>  
>  	kfree(buf);

I feel I'm missing something here, so I have to ask the stupid question:
What could possibly be the benefit here?  Is it faster? Safer?  Easier
to read?



Bjørn