linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] Input: goodix - Restructure cfg checksum function

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:32:50 +0200
From:   Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>
To:     Franklin S Cooper Jr <fcooper@...com>, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, octavian.purdila@...el.com,
        irina.tirdea@...el.com, merker@...ian.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nsekhar@...com, nm@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Input: goodix - Restructure cfg checksum function

On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 14:59 -0500, Franklin S Cooper Jr wrote:
> Split generation of checksum into is own function. Currently it is used

"its own".

> only to determine if the checksum for the user provided configuration file
> is valid or not. However, support to dynamically alter the configuration
> file will be supported and needs a way to calculate the updated file's
> checksum. Therefore, by splitting calculating checksum into its own
> function the code can be reused.
> 

After the fixup above:

Reviewed-by: Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>