linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] acpi: apei: Split GHES handlers outside of ghes_do

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Message-ID: <20180419164043.GC5635@pd.tnic>
Date:   Thu, 19 Apr 2018 18:40:43 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Alex G." <mr.nuke.me@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
        tbaicar@...eaurora.org, will.deacon@....com, james.morse@....com,
        shiju.jose@...wei.com, zjzhang@...eaurora.org,
        gengdongjiu@...wei.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alex_gagniuc@...lteam.com, austin_bolen@...l.com,
        shyam_iyer@...l.com, devel@...ica.org, mchehab@...nel.org,
        robert.moore@...el.com, erik.schmauss@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] acpi: apei: Split GHES handlers outside of
 ghes_do_proc

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:46:15AM -0500, Alex G. wrote:
> The bulk of the function is the if/else mapping from UUID to error
> handler. I don't see how that can be easily split up, hence why I
> originally resorted to the mapping. As you said, we'll keep it simple at
> first.

So that function is 43 lines now. Why are we even talking about this?!

Just add your UUID check to the if-else statement and be done with it
already. No handlers no nothing.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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