netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 net-next 2/4] net: dsa: microchip: add MIB counter reading support

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Date:   Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:34:53 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com,
        andrew@...n.ch, sergio.paracuellos@...il.com,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 net-next 2/4] net: dsa: microchip: add MIB counter
 reading support

On Wed 2019-02-20 15:49:25, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-02-12 at 19:51 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > On February 12, 2019 6:39:49 PM PST, Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com wrote:
> > > > > +static void ksz9477_freeze_mib(struct ksz_device *dev, int port,
> > > > > +				bool freeze)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +	struct ksz_port *p = &dev->ports[port];
> > > > > +	u32 val = freeze ? MIB_COUNTER_FLUSH_FREEZE : 0;
> > > > 
> > > > Reverse Christmas tree.
> > > 
> > > There was a checkpatch.pl patch in 2016 that tried to check this, but
> > > it was never accepted?
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/732076/
> 
> While I still think use of reverse christmas tree is misguided,
> there were some disagreements about what form it really is:

Agreed about "misguided".

Often there's more logical order, like "self" pointer first... which
this patch follows.
									Pavel
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