linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: s3c64xx: Extract FIFO depth calculation to a dedicated macro

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Message-ID: <gmj7lfno4qcxwk7qimnsnostvjah72fbgcstcykly6nkzqrtjo@2ck2ny3ifqqw>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:26:52 +0100
From: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
To: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>, Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: s3c64xx: Extract FIFO depth calculation to a
 dedicated macro

Hi Sam,

On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 04:11:21PM -0600, Sam Protsenko wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 2:24 PM Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Sam,
> >
> > >       void __iomem *regs = sdd->regs;
> > >       unsigned long val = 1;
> > >       u32 status;
> > > -
> > > -     /* max fifo depth available */
> > > -     u32 max_fifo = (FIFO_LVL_MASK(sdd) >> 1) + 1;
> > > +     u32 max_fifo = FIFO_DEPTH(sdd);
> >
> > Why have you removed the comment? Perhaps you could place it on
> > the side in order to remove that awful space.
> >
> 
> The fact that `max_fifo' contains max FIFO depth is already coded in
> the variable name itself. And with that new FIFO_DEPTH() macro, it
> would be basically stating the same thing the third time on the same
> string. Thought the removal of that comment only made the code easier
> to read. If you think I should bring the comment back, please let me
> know and I'll send v2.

No, that's fine... you have a point here :-)

Andi