netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] string: Consolidate yesno() helpers under string.h hood

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Message-ID: <874k8d3ard.fsf@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:43:02 +0200
From:   Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...el.com>
Cc:     Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Mikita Lipski <mikita.lipski@....com>,
        Eryk Brol <eryk.brol@....com>,
        Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@...lsio.com>,
        Francis Laniel <laniel_francis@...vacyrequired.com>,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
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        Leo Li <sunpeng.li@....com>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Raju Rangoju <rajur@...lsio.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] string: Consolidate yesno() helpers under string.h hood

On Mon, 15 Nov 2021, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 02:34:23PM -0700, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 04:21:35PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> > We have already few similar implementation and a lot of code that can benefit
>> > of the yesno() helper.  Consolidate yesno() helpers under string.h hood.
>> 
>> I was taking a look on i915_utils.h to reduce it and move some of it
>> elsewhere to be shared with others.  I was starting with these helpers
>> and had [1] done, then Jani pointed me to this thread and also his
>> previous tentative. I thought the natural place for this would be
>> include/linux/string_helpers.h, but I will leave it up to you.
>
> Seems reasonable to use string_helpers (headers and/or C-file).
>
>> After reading the threads, I don't see real opposition to it.
>> Is there a tree you plan to take this through?
>
> I rest my series in favour of Jani's approach, so I suppose there is no go
> for _this_ series.

If you want to make it happen, please pick it up and drive it. I'm
thoroughly had enough of this.

BR,
Jani.


>
>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211005212634.3223113-1-lucas.demarchi@intel.com/T/#u

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center