linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5651.c: remove string buffers 'byt_rt5651_cpu_dai_name' and 'byt_rt5651_cpu_dai

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Date:   Mon, 6 May 2019 10:50:52 -0500
From:   Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
        Nariman <narimantos@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        Jordy Ubink <jordyubink@...mail.nl>, broonie@...nel.org,
        liam.r.girdwood@...ux.intel.com, yang.jie@...ux.intel.com,
        perex@...ex.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5651.c: remove string buffers
 'byt_rt5651_cpu_dai_name' and 'byt_rt5651_cpu_dai_name'

On 5/6/19 10:40 AM, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 05-05-19 09:51, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>> On Sat, 04 May 2019 17:16:52 +0200,
>> Nariman wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Jordy Ubink <jordyubink@...mail.nl>
>>>
>>> The snprintf calls filling byt_rt5651_cpu_dai_name / 
>>> byt_rt5651_cpu_dai_name always fill them with the same string 
>>> (ssp0-port" resp "rt5651-aif2"). So instead of keeping these buffers 
>>> around and making the cpu_dai_name / codec_dai_name point to this, 
>>> simply update the foo_dai_name pointers to directly point to a string 
>>> constant containing the desired string.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jordy Ubink <jordyubink@...mail.nl>
>>
>> If you submit a patch, please give your own sign-off as well as the
>> author's one, even if the patch is not written by you.  This is a
>> legal requirement.
> 
> Sorry, that is my bad, Nariman and the author authors of the patches
> are a group of students doing some kernel work for me and this is
> a warm-up assignment for them to get used to the kernel development
> process.
> 
> I forgot to point out to Nariman that since he is sending
> out the entire series for all 4 of them, he needs to add his
> S-o-b.

One suggestion for additional cleanups: can we try and remove all these 
static variables and move them to the context structure? It's been on my 
TODO list for a while.