On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 08:02:17AM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 6:08 PM
> > To: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > > +static int gdma_query_max_resources(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> > > +{
> > > + struct gdma_context *gc = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
> > > + struct gdma_general_req req = { 0 };
> > > + struct gdma_query_max_resources_resp resp = { 0 };
> > > + int err;
> >
> > Network drivers need to use reverse christmas tree. I spotted a number
> > of functions getting this wrong. Please review the whole driver.
>
> Hi Andrew, thanks for the quick comments!
>
> I think In general the patch follows the reverse christmas tree style.
>
> For the function you pointed out, I didn't follow the reverse
> christmas tree style because I wanted to keep the variable defines
> more natural, i.e. first define 'req' and then 'resp'.
>
> I can swap the 2 lines here, i.e. define 'resp' first, but this looks a little
> strange to me, because in some other functions the 'req' should be
> defined first, e.g.
>
> int gdma_test_eq(struct gdma_context *gc, struct gdma_queue *eq)
> {
> struct gdma_generate_test_event_req req = { 0 };
> struct gdma_general_resp resp = { 0 };
BTW, you don't need to write { 0 }, the {} is enough.
Thanks
