On Wed 2022-04-27 19:49:09, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote:
> This patch improves the panic/die notifiers in this driver by
> making use of a passed "id" instead of comparing pointer
> address; also, it removes an useless prototype declaration
> and unnecessary header inclusion.
>
> This is part of a panic notifiers refactor - this notifier in
> the future will be moved to a new list, that encompass the
> information notifiers only.
>
> --- a/drivers/bus/brcmstb_gisb.c
> +++ b/drivers/bus/brcmstb_gisb.c
> @@ -347,25 +346,14 @@ static irqreturn_t brcmstb_gisb_bp_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
> /*
> * Dump out gisb errors on die or panic.
> */
> -static int dump_gisb_error(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long v,
> - void *p);
> -
> -static struct notifier_block gisb_die_notifier = {
> - .notifier_call = dump_gisb_error,
> -};
> -
> -static struct notifier_block gisb_panic_notifier = {
> - .notifier_call = dump_gisb_error,
> -};
> -
> static int dump_gisb_error(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long v,
> void *p)
> {
> struct brcmstb_gisb_arb_device *gdev;
> - const char *reason = "panic";
> + const char *reason = "die";
>
> - if (self == &gisb_die_notifier)
> - reason = "die";
> + if (v == PANIC_NOTIFIER)
> + reason = "panic";
IMHO, the check of the @self parameter was the proper solution.
"gisb_die_notifier" list uses @val from enum die_val.
"gisb_panic_notifier" list uses @val from enum panic_notifier_val.
These are unrelated types. It might easily break when
someone defines the same constant also in enum die_val.
Best Regards,
Petr
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