linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: Delete dead code for CIR serial ports

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Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2017 17:13:20 +0200
From:   Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@...e.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jslaby@...e.com
Cc:     ed.blake@...tec.com, vigneshr@...com, alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com,
        yegorslists@...glemail.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: Delete dead code for CIR serial ports



On 16/06/17 13:43, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-06-15 at 17:54 +0200, Matthias Brugger wrote:
>> Commit e4fda3a04275 ("serial: don't register CIR serial ports") adds a
>> check for PORT_8250_CIR to serial8250_register_8250_port(). But the
>> code
>> isn't needed as the function never takes the branch when the port is
>> CIR
>> serial port.
> 
>> +		if (serial8250_isa_config != NULL)
> 
>> +			serial8250_isa_config(0, &uart->port,
>> +					&uart->capabilities);
> 
> Can't it be one line after all?
> 

No, that will exceed the 80 characters by line.

>>   
> 
>> +		ret = uart_add_one_port(&serial8250_reg,
>> +					&uart->port);
> 
> Ditto.
> 

Yes, I'll fix this in v2.

Thanks,
Matthias