linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] fujitsu-laptop: call_fext

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Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2017 15:13:11 -0700
From:   Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To:     Michał Kępień <kernel@...pniu.pl>
Cc:     Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...t42.net>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] fujitsu-laptop: call_fext_func() cleanup

On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 11:38:56AM +0200, Michał Kępień wrote:
> This series contains a few cleanups for the call_fext_func() function.
> It does not depend on the previous series I submitted for
> fujitsu-laptop, which is why I am sending it in parallel with the
> backlight cleanup series.
> 
> While patches 1 and 2 are tangible improvements, I will understand if
> you deem patch 3 to be unnecessary churn.  I decided to submit it anyway
> as I think it might bring some benefit to a casual reader of the
> module's code, but it is basically just a suggestion and as it is the
> last patch, it can simply be omitted when the series is applied.
> 
>  drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c | 39 +++++++++++------------------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

These all look like worthwhile changes to me. Jonathan, are you aware of any
usage of the arguments in 3/3 that would argue against changing their names to
the more specific ones?

Pushed to the temporary fujitsu branch for testing, awaiting ack from Jonathan.

-- 
Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center