linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] i2c: smbus: use get/put_unaligned

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:04:11 +0100
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.orgi, Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] i2c: smbus: use get/put_unaligned_le16 when
 working with word data


> You claim this was clearer. For me it is not. With the explicit
> assignment to msgbuf0[1] and msbbuf0[2] it is immediatly obvious to me
> what happens.  Even though the endianness is explicitly mentioned in
> put_unaligned_le16, it takes a bit longer for me to understand what it
> does and which part of data->word ends up in which byte.

Seems like I am on Uwe's side again. For me, the current way is
also more readable.


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