Re: [PATCH] drivers: Adjust scope for CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM before devm_platform_ioremap_resource()

From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>
To: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>,
	Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Keerthy <j-keerthy@ti.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	linux-gpio <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: Adjust scope for CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM before devm_platform_ioremap_resource()
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:46:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMRc=McepqowJNi6ay6x9KKoHOC8aCxP_ob12SgbsnJU_sKQng@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <39ae399a-c606-c6de-f84d-35e39d0410c0@metux.net>

pon., 24 cze 2019 o 12:05 Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
<lkml@metux.net> napisał(a):
>
> On 24.06.19 10:29, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > pt., 14 cze 2019 o 18:50 Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> napisał(a):
> >>
> >> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> >> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:45:13 +0200
> >>
> >> Move the preprocessor statement “#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM” so that
> >> the corresponding scope for conditional compilation includes also comments
> >> for this function implementation.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/base/platform.c | 2 +-
> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
> >> index 4d1729853d1a..a5f40974a6ef 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/base/platform.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
> >> @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct resource *platform_get_resource(struct platform_device *dev,
> >>         return NULL;
> >>  }
> >>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_get_resource);
> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM
> >>
> >>  /**
> >>   * devm_platform_ioremap_resource - call devm_ioremap_resource() for a platform
> >> @@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_get_resource);
> >>   *        resource management
> >>   * @index: resource index
> >>   */
> >> -#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM
> >>  void __iomem *devm_platform_ioremap_resource(struct platform_device *pdev,
> >>                                              unsigned int index)
> >>  {
> >> --
> >> 2.22.0
> >>
> >
> > And what is the purpose of that?
>
> I can imagine that this could improve readability a little bit. Maybe if
> one uses same fancy ide/editor that can fold code blocks like functions
> and conditionals, this patch could make the code prettier.
>
> The patch seems pretty trivial and doesn't change any actual code, so
> I don't see hard resons for rejecting it.
>

In its current form it makes the code even less readable. The #ifdef
should actually be one line lower and touch the comment instead of the
EXPORT_SYMBOL() related to a different function.

Bart