linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Style fixes: open code obfuscating macros

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Message-ID: <1484089612.12006.11.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:06:52 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>, Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Cc:     Xiangliang Yu <Xiangliang.Yu@....com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Allen Hubbe <Allen.Hubbe@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-ntb@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Style fixes: open code obfuscating macros

On Tue, 2017-01-10 at 16:59 -0500, Jon Mason wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 02, 2017 at 06:30:34PM -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I had copied some poor code style from the NTB drivers into an unrelated
> > > driver. Upon review of my new code, I learned it was not a good idea
> > > to sweep dirty things under the rug^W macro. See [1], where Gregg k-h
> > > suggested I fix the problem at the source.
> > > 
> > > Thus, please merge the following two patches to improve the style of
> > > the NTB drivers.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Logan
> > 
> > Applying the series, thanks
> 
> Gaaa, these don't apply cleanly.  Can you rebase on my
> https://github.com/jonmason/ntb (branch ntb) and resubmit?

It might also be better to add and use YA
logging macro like ndev_dbg

#define ndev_dvg(ndev, fmt, ...)	\
	dev_dbg(&(ndev)->ntb.pdev->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)

so that the new temporaries that are used just
for debugging are not required.