On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 03:24:36PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 11 May 2012 11:54:11 +0200 > Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:48:17AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Thu, 10 May 2012 20:27:05 +0200 > > > Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > Add sub-driver for the LEDs on National Semiconductor / TI LM3533 > > > > lighting power chips. > > > > > > > > The chip provides 256 brightness levels, hardware accelerated blinking > > > > as well as ambient-light-sensor and pwm input control. [...] > > > > +static ssize_t store_als(struct device *dev, > > > > + struct device_attribute *attr, > > > > + const char *buf, size_t len) > > > > +{ > > > > + struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev); > > > > + struct lm3533_led *led = to_lm3533_led(led_cdev); > > > > + u8 als; > > > > + u8 reg; > > > > + u8 mask; > > > > + int ret; > > > > + > > > > + if (kstrtou8(buf, 0, &als)) > > > > + return -EINVAL; > > > > + > > > > + if (als != 0 && (als < LM3533_ALS_LV_MIN || als > LM3533_ALS_LV_MAX)) > > > > + return -EINVAL; > > > > > > The `als != 0' test doesn't do anything, and looks odd. Is there some > > > magical reason why als==0 would be illegal even if LM3533_ALS_LV_MIN > > > was negative? If so, it should be documented. > > > > The non-zero-test is not redundant as 0 is the only valid input outside > > of [LV_MIN,LV_MAX] (in fact, the only three valid values are 0,2 and 3). > > ah, OK. One day I'll get the hang of this C thingy. > > > Would you prefer > > > > if ((als < LM3533_ALS_LV_MIN && als != 0) || als > LM3533_ALS_LV_MAX) > > return -EINVAL; > > > > or nested conditionals? Or should I simply add a comment? > > A comment would be nice. That 0 is also permitted is a surprise. Actually, there is a comment already documenting the valid values and it's placed above the show function immediately above the store one: /* * ALS-control setting: * * 0 - ALS disabled * 2 - ALS-mapper 2 * 3 - ALS-mapper 3 */ static ssize_t show_als(struct device *dev, ... static ssize_t store_als(struct device *dev, Thanks, Johan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html