linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] dell-wmi: enable receiving WMI events on Dell Vostro V131

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:17:39 +0100
From:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:	Michał Kępień <kernel@...pniu.pl>
Cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
	Darek Stojaczyk <darek.stojaczyk@...il.com>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] dell-wmi: enable receiving WMI events on Dell
 Vostro V131

On Tuesday 16 February 2016 15:50:28 Michał Kępień wrote:
> +	if (wmi_requires_smbios_request) {
> +		buffer = dell_smbios_get_buffer();
> +		buffer->input[0] = 0x10000;
> +		buffer->input[1] = 0x51534554;
> +		buffer->input[3] = 0x1;
> +		dell_smbios_send_request(17, 3);
> +		err = buffer->output[0];
> +		dell_smbios_release_buffer();
> +		if (err) {
> +			pr_err("Failed to enable WMI (error %d)\n", err);
> +			wmi_remove_notify_handler(DELL_EVENT_GUID);
> +			dell_wmi_input_destroy();
> +			return dell_smbios_error(err);
> +		}
> +	}
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  module_init(dell_wmi_init);
>  
>  static void __exit dell_wmi_exit(void)
>  {
> +	struct calling_interface_buffer *buffer;
> +
> +	if (wmi_requires_smbios_request) {
> +		buffer = dell_smbios_get_buffer();
> +		buffer->input[0] = 0x10000;
> +		buffer->input[1] = 0x51534554;
> +		dell_smbios_send_request(17, 3);
> +		dell_smbios_release_buffer();
> +	}
> +
>  	wmi_remove_notify_handler(DELL_EVENT_GUID);
>  	dell_wmi_input_destroy();
>  }

Hi! I would propose moving this get_buffer, send, release code into own
function with boolean argument on/off. This de-duplicate same code plus
decrease level of indentation in _init function. And maybe adding ascii
string comment representation for that 0x5153... number can be useful.

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com