linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel][PATCH] staging: media: hantro: Rewrite macro function in lower case

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Date:   Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:42:02 -0300
From:   Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...labora.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
        ascordeiro <alinesantanacordeiro@...il.com>
Cc:     Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel][PATCH] staging: media: hantro: Rewrite macro
 function in lower case

On Fri, 2021-04-09 at 19:25 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2021, ascordeiro wrote:
> 
> > Em sex, 2021-04-09 às 13:44 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia escreveu:
> > > Hi Aline,
> > 
> > Hi Ezequiel,
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 2021-04-09 at 10:54 -0300, Aline Santana Cordeiro wrote:
> > > > Rewrite macros resembling functions #define HANTRO_PP_REG_WRITE
> > > > and #define HANTRO_PP_RED_WRITE_S in lower case, according with
> > > > code style.
> 
> Maybe you can see if these macros can be converted to static inline
> functions.  Macros don't provide any type checking.
> 

I'd like to leave these as they are for now, tbh ^_^

A more massive refactoring is needed in this driver,
but it needs proper testing and it's a more complex plan.

Thanks!
Ezequiel