linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu: fix compare_const

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Message-ID: <5710AA53.7070307@amd.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:46:11 +0200
From:	Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>
CC:	<kbuild-all@...org>, Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
	<dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu: fix compare_const_fl.cocci warnings

Am 15.04.2016 um 09:15 schrieb Julia Lawall:
> Move constants to the right of binary operators.
>
> Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/misc/compare_const_fl.cocci
>
> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>

In general the patch looks ok, but do we have a documented preference 
where to place constants in the coding style docs?

While it's not so much of a problem any more with modern compilers, some 
people still prefer to have it on the left side to catch accidental 
value assignments.

Regards,
Christian.

> ---
>
> Could be nice to put the thing being tested first.
>
>   amdgpu_grph_object_id_helpers.c |    4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_grph_object_id_helpers.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_grph_object_id_helpers.c
> @@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ struct graphics_object_id amdgpu_object_
>   	struct graphics_object_id go_id = { 0 };
>   
>   	type = object_type_from_bios_object_id(bios_object_id);
> -	if (OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN == type)
> +	if (type == OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN)
>   		return go_id;
>   
>   	enum_id = enum_id_from_bios_object_id(bios_object_id);
> -	if (ENUM_ID_UNKNOWN == enum_id)
> +	if (enum_id == ENUM_ID_UNKNOWN)
>   		return go_id;
>   
>   	go_id = display_graphics_object_id_init(