linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/23] Floppy driver cleanups

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Date:   Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:46:41 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>, Ian Molton <spyro@....com>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/23] Floppy driver cleanups

On 3/31/20 3:40 AM, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> This series applies a second batch of cleanups to the floppy driver and
> its multiple arch-specific parts. Here the focus was on getting rid of
> hard-coded registers and flags values to switch to their symbolic
> definitions instead, and on making use of the global current_fdc variable
> much more explicit throughout the code to reduce the risk of accidental
> misuse as was the case with the most recently fixed bug.
> 
> Note that this code base is very old and the purpose is not to rewrite
> nor reorganize the driver at all, but instead to make certain things
> more obvious while keeping changes reviewable. It does not even address
> style issues that make checkpatch continue to complain a little bit (15
> total warnings which were already there and don't seem worth addressing
> without more careful testing). Some comments were added to document a
> few non-obvious assumptions though.
> 
> This series was rediffed against today's master (458ef2a25e0c) which
> contains the first series. The changes were tested on x86 with real
> hardware, and was build-tested on ARM.

I'll be happy to queue these up for 5.8 when ready. Would be handy
if you could resend a v2 patchset with the extra patches, makes my
life so much easier...

-- 
Jens Axboe