linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] media: i2c: imx274: simplify probe function by adding local variable dev

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Date:   Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:35:42 +0100
From:   Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>
To:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@...rochip.com>
Cc:     leonl@...pardimaging.com, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        skomatineni@...dia.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] media: i2c: imx274: simplify probe function by adding
 local variable dev

Hi,

On 23/11/21 12:25, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Eugen,
> 
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 01:15:20PM +0200, Eugen Hristev wrote:
>> Simplify probe function by adding a local variable dev instead of using
>> &client->dev all the time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@...rochip.com>
> 
> It's not really wrong to do this, but is it useful?
It is of course a matter of personal taste, but I also prefer a short
name in cases such as this where the same member is accessed a lot of
times. To me it makes code simpler to read and even to write.

> You can't even unwrap a single line, the lines are just made a little bit
> shorter.

Let's be fair, he did unwrap 4. :)

As said, it is a matter of taste so I'll be OK it this patch is dropped.
But since I like it and it looks correct:

Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>

-- 
Luca