linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] bus: hisi_lpc: Don't dereference fwnode handle

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jul 2022 17:23:06 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] bus: hisi_lpc: Don't dereference fwnode handle

On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 5:11 PM John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com> wrote:
> On 05/07/2022 12:43, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Use dev_fwnode() and acpi_fwnode_handle() instead of dereferencing
> > an fwnode handle directly.
>
> ...which is a better coding practice, right? If so, it would be nice to
> mention it - well at least I think so.

Not only. In the case of fwnode it's a long story behind its corner
case(s) where in the future we might switch from embedded structure to
linked list, for example, in order to address those corner cases.
Should I write a paragraph for that as well?

...

> Apart from above and nit, below:

See below my answer.

> Acked-by: John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>

Thanks.

...

> > -     sys_port = logic_pio_trans_hwaddr(&host->fwnode, res->start, len);
> > +     sys_port = logic_pio_trans_hwaddr(acpi_fwnode_handle(host), res->start, len);
>
> nit: currently the driver keeps to the old 80 character line limit.
> While the rules may have been relaxed, I'd rather we still maintain it.

First of all, even before the 100 characters era the rule had two exceptions:
1) the string literals;
2) the readability over strictness of the 80 characters rule.

While I agree in general with you, in this case I think keeping
strictness makes readability worse.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko