linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6] misc: pci_endpoint_test: simplify endpoint test read and write operations

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Message-ID: <17ed78f886f.d22c200668349.8594449941761827257@zohomail.com>
Date:   Mon, 07 Feb 2022 23:20:15 -0500
From:   Li Chen <lchen.firstlove@...omail.com>
To:     "Bjorn Helgaas" <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Kishon Vijay Abraham I" <kishon@...com>,
        "Lorenzo Pieralisi" <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        "Krzysztof Wilczyński" <kw@...ux.com>,
        "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Bjorn Helgaas" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        "linux-pci" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6] misc: pci_endpoint_test: simplify endpoint test read
 and write operations

 ---- On Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:56:13 -0500 Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org> wrote ----
 > On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 04:09:05AM -0500, Li Chen wrote:
 > > From: Li Chen <lchen@...arella.com>
 > > 
 > > Introduce pci_endpoint_epf_transfer_data to simplify
 > > read and write operations.
 > > 
 > > Also tabify this file.
 > 
 > Thanks for the patch.
 > 
 > This doesn't apply cleanly on v5.17-rc1.  Please make it apply cleanly
 > there or at least mention where it *does* apply.

Ok, will send v7 which will be based on v5.17-rc3.

 > 
 > Please separate the whitespace tabification changes and the
 > pci_endpoint_epf_transfer_data() changes into two separate patches.
 > When they're mixed together, it's harder to review the patch.
 > 
 > > #define to_endpoint_test(priv) container_of((priv), struct pci_endpoint_test, \
 > > -                     miscdev)
 > > +                        miscdev)
 > 
 > Always indent with tabs when possible:
 > 
 >   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=v5.16#n18
 > 
 > Hmm, coding-style.rst is unfortunately not very explicit about that.
 > 
 > But it's obvious from the existing code in this file that things
 > should not be indented four spaces, as you did in
 > pci_endpoint_test_transfer_data().

So, can I say space is not allowed in indentation? If so, I should not use emacs's tabify, because it will not convert 4 space to 8-width tab. I'm also not sure is scripts/Lindent or clang-format is a good
choice here, they do too much changes.

 > 
 > Your patch should match the style of the existing code.
 > 
 > > +static bool pci_endpoint_test_transfer_data(struct pci_endpoint_test *test,
 > > +                unsigned long arg, const int operation)
 > > +{
 > > +    struct pci_endpoint_test_xfer_param param;
 > > +    bool ret = false;
 > > +    u32 flags = 0;
 > 
 > 
 > > +    // if we ask rc to write to ep, then ep should do read operation, and vice versa.
 > 
 > Please use /* */ comments to match the prevailing kernel comment
 > style:
 > 
 >   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=v5.16#n598
 > 
 > And spell out or at least capitalize "RC" and "EP" since they're not
 > real words.
 > 

Thanks, will do it in v7.

 > Bjorn
 > 

Regards,
Li