linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] qca_debug: Reduce function calls for sequence output in qcaspi_info

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Date:   Tue, 9 May 2017 09:07:52 +0200
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Philippe Reynes <tremyfr@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qca_debug: Reduce function calls for sequence output in
 qcaspi_info_show()

Am 08.05.2017 um 19:29 schrieb SF Markus Elfring:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 19:21:27 +0200
>
> A bit of data was put into a sequence by separate function calls.
> Print the same data together with adjusted seq_printf() calls instead.

Sorry, i'm not happy with this patch. It doesn't increase readabilityand
mixes the output of multiple lines.

The only benefit is a little bit higher performance. But for debugfs
this won't be necessary.

Stefan

>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_debug.c | 10 ++--------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>