linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] dmi: Introduce dmi_get_bios

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Message-ID: <1519812844.10722.253.camel@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:14:04 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Linux PCI <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] dmi: Introduce dmi_get_bios_year() helper

On Mon, 2018-02-26 at 10:29 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 2:23 PM, Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2018-02-23 at 15:35 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> > > but making this inline looks similar to this, which
> > > wasn't well-received:
> > > 
> > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFypU331cQy-
> > > 6ZJ6szF=2KVLqcbwCUGd+gTwPViRqRWN+g@...l.gmail.com
> > 
> > "Yes, that header file is already full of random inline functions,
> > but
> > they are generally wrapper functions that don't really do anything,
> > ..."
> > 
> > I think the function above is exactly from the "wrapper that doesn't
> > really do anything" category.
> 
> Yes, but honestly does it need to be inline even so?
> 
> Why don't you simply put the wrapper into dmi_scan.c and export it?

Taking into consideration that there are few comments to be addressed
and series had been applied, I will send a fix up series where I move
this to be a normal function.

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy