linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] watchdog: s3c2410: Simplify getting driver data

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Message-ID: <CAJKOXPeoHVECsyT+Jy4D3bCwed2gsiKq3akMcDGNKTvrVbcEUg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:20:48 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc:     Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] watchdog: s3c2410: Simplify getting driver data

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
<b.zolnierkie@...sung.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Monday, March 13, 2017 09:07:25 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> Simplify the flow in helper function for getting the driver data by
>> using of_device_get_match_data() and only one if() branch.
>>
>> The code should be equivalent.
>
> While you are at it could you remove s3c2410_get_wdt_drv_data()
> helper?  It is used only once during probe and is marked inline
> anyway..

Thanks for feedback!
The existence of this helper is purely from code readability (thus
inline does not matter). The probe is big so splitting some small
self-contained part helps. Not much but a little...

Best regards,
Krzysztof