linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8] staging: axis-fifo: initialize timeouts in init only

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Message-ID: <ZBf4hUBVnqkw9xGs@khadija-virtual-machine>
Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:09:09 +0500
From:   Khadija Kamran <kamrankhadijadj@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     outreachy@...ts.linux.dev, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8] staging: axis-fifo: initialize timeouts in init only

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 08:13:37AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 01:09:00AM +0500, Khadija Kamran wrote:
> > Initialize the module parameters, read_timeout and write_timeout once in
> > init().
> > 
> > Module parameters can only be set once and cannot be modified later, so we
> > don't need to evaluate them again when passing the parameters to
> > wait_event_interruptible_timeout().
> 
> I feel like we are being too picky here, but this isn't the correct
> wording.  It is possible for module parameters to be modified "later",
> if the permissions on the parameter are set to allow this.  But that's
> not what this driver does here, so this might be better phrased as:
> 
>   The module parameters in this driver can not be modified after
>   loading, so they can be evaluated once at module load and set to
>   default values if needed at that time.
> 
> > Convert datatype of {read,write}_timeout from 'int' to 'long int' because
> > implicit conversion of 'long int' to 'int' in statement
> > '{read,write}_timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT' results in an overflow.
> > 
> > Change format specifier for {read,write}_timeout from %i to %li.
> 
> You are listing all of _what_ you do here, not really _why_ you are
> doing any of this.
> 
> Anyway, if I were writing this, here's what I would say as a changelog
> text:
> 
>   The module parameters, read_timeout and write_timeout, are only ever
>   evaluated at module load time, so set the default values then if
>   needed so as to not recompute the timeout values every time the driver
>   reads or writes data.
> 
> 
> And that's it, short, concise, and it explains why you are doing this.
> 
> Writing changelog comments are almost always harder than actually
> writing the patch (at least for me.)  So don't feel bad, it take a lot
> of experience doing it.
> 
> All that being said, I think we are just polishing something that
> doesn't need to really be polished anymore, so let me go just apply this
> patch as-is to the tree now so you can move on to a different change.
> You've put in the effort here, and I don't want you to get bogged down
> in specifics that really do not matter at all overall (like the memory
> size of your vm...)
>


Okay Great! Thank you Greg!

Regards,
Khadija


> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h