linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Input: cros-ec-keyb - skip keyboard registration w/o cros-ec-keyb compatible

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Date:   Tue, 3 May 2022 12:43:31 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
To:     Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Cc:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Hsin-Yi Wang <hsinyi@...omium.org>,
        "Joseph S. Barrera III" <joebar@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Input: cros-ec-keyb - skip keyboard registration
 w/o cros-ec-keyb compatible

Quoting Doug Anderson (2022-05-03 08:09:11)
> On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 9:22 PM Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org> wrote:
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c
> > index eef909e52e23..04c550aaf897 100644
> > --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c
> > @@ -536,14 +536,11 @@ static int cros_ec_keyb_register_matrix(struct cros_ec_keyb *ckdev)
> >         u32 *physmap;
> >         u32 key_pos;
> >         unsigned int row, col, scancode, n_physmap;
> > +       bool register_keyboard;
> >
> > -       /*
> > -        * No rows and columns? There isn't a matrix but maybe there are
> > -        * switches to register in cros_ec_keyb_register_bs() because
> > -        * this is a detachable device.
> > -        */
> > -       if (!device_property_present(dev, "keypad,num-rows") &&
> > -           !device_property_present(dev, "keypad,num-cols"))
> > +       /* Skip matrix registration if no keyboard */
> > +       register_keyboard = device_get_match_data(dev);
> > +       if (!register_keyboard)
> >                 return 0;
>
> I'm a little on the fence about the local variable. It could have been
> shorter as:
>
> /* Skip matrix registration if no keyboard */
> if (!device_get_match_data(dev))
>
> ...but I guess the "register_keyboard" maybe makes it more a little
> more obvious?

Yes, the idea is to make it more obvious to the point that the comment
isn't needed. I'll change it to 'has_keyboard' and then drop the
comment!

>
> In any case, I'm happy either way:
>
> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>