netdev - Re: [PATCH spi for-5.4 1/5] spi: Use an abbreviated pointer to ctlr->cur_msg in __spi_pump

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Date:   Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:01:26 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Hubert Feurstein <h.feurstein@...il.com>, mlichvar@...hat.com,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH spi for-5.4 1/5] spi: Use an abbreviated pointer to
 ctlr->cur_msg in __spi_pump_messages

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 10:36:43PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 21:21, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:

> > On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 09:25:56PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:

> > >       /* Extract head of queue */
> > > -     ctlr->cur_msg =
> > > -             list_first_entry(&ctlr->queue, struct spi_message, queue);
> > > +     mesg = list_first_entry(&ctlr->queue, struct spi_message, queue);
> > > +     ctlr->cur_msg = mesg;

> > Why mesg when the existing code uses msg as an abbreviation here?

> Does it matter? I took from spi_finalize_current_message which also uses mesg.

It's particularly visible when it's on the same line, flags up a
question about if things are the same.  Other things not being great
doesn't preclude making this one better.

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