netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 08/17] ethernet: ucc_geth: remove {rx,tx}_glbl_pram_offset from struct ucc_geth

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:26:31 +0100
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Zhao Qiang <qiang.zhao@....com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@...inera.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 08/17] ethernet: ucc_geth: remove
 {rx,tx}_glbl_pram_offset from struct ucc_geth_private

On 20/01/2021 07.57, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> 
> 
> Le 19/01/2021 à 16:07, Rasmus Villemoes a écrit :
>> These fields are only used within ucc_geth_startup(), so they might as
>> well be local variables in that function rather than being stashed in
>> struct ucc_geth_private.
>>
>> Aside from making that struct a tiny bit smaller, it also shortens
>> some lines (getting rid of pointless casts while here), and fixes the
>> problems with using IS_ERR_VALUE() on a u32 as explained in commit
>> 800cd6fb76f0 ("soc: fsl: qe: change return type of cpm_muram_alloc()
>> to s32").
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c | 21 +++++++++------------
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.h |  2 --
>>   2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
>> index 74ee2ed2fbbb..75466489bf9a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
>> @@ -2351,6 +2351,7 @@ static int ucc_geth_startup(struct
>> ucc_geth_private *ugeth)
>>       u8 function_code = 0;
>>       u8 __iomem *endOfRing;
>>       u8 numThreadsRxNumerical, numThreadsTxNumerical;
>> +    s32 rx_glbl_pram_offset, tx_glbl_pram_offset;
> 
> That's still a quite long name for a local variable. 

True, but I wanted to keep this mechanical and easy to verify. If
somebody wants to clean up the local variable names
(numThreads[RT]xNumerical also stand out), that can be done later.

Rasmus