linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbcon: introduce for_each_registered

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Message-ID: <ffe03b382ee84dbef8567b7377b929e4a8d6c23c.camel@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 Jun 2018 19:20:13 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Yisheng Xie <ysxie@...mail.com>, b.zolnierkie@...sung.com,
        keescook@...omium.org, j.w.r.degoede@...il.com,
        david@...hnology.com
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbcon: introduce for_each_registered_fb() helper

On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 00:20 +0800, Yisheng Xie wrote:
> Following pattern is often used:
> 
>  for (i = 0; i < FB_MAX; i++) {
>         if (registered_fb[i]) {
>                 ...
>         }
>  }
> 
> Therefore, as Andy's suggestion, for_each_registered_fb() helper can

Suggested-by then ?

> be introduced to make the code easier to read and write by reducing
> indentation level. It also saves few lines of code in each occurrence.
> 
> This patch convert all part here at the same time.

LGTM except macro implementation. That's why I have mentioned
for_each_pci_bridge() to look at.

> +#define for_each_registered_fb(i)		\
> +	for (i = 0; i < FB_MAX; i++)		\
> +		if (registered_fb[i])
> +

This needs to be protected against nested conditionals.
Otherwise compiler issues a warning and even may generate wrong code.

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