Re: [PATCH] iio: Avoid multiple line dereference for mask

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On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 20:08:27 -0400
Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 2022-08-18 at 08:58 -0400, Joe Simmons-Talbott wrote:
> > Add a mask variable to hold dereferences that span multiple lines.
> > Found with checkpatch.pl.  
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c  
> []
> > @@ -1301,10 +1302,9 @@ static int iio_device_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> >  		return ret;
> >  	attrcount += ret;
> >  
> > +	mask = &chan->info_mask_separate_available;
> >  	ret = iio_device_add_info_mask_type_avail(indio_dev, chan,
> > -						  IIO_SEPARATE,
> > -						  &chan->
> > -						  info_mask_separate_available);
> > +						  IIO_SEPARATE, mask);  
> 
> The issue is the conflict between using 30+ character identifiers and 80 column lines.
> Perhaps it's better just to use a longer line instead of a temporary.
> 
> 	ret = iio_device_add_info_mask_type_avail(indio_dev, chan, IIO_SEPARATE,
> 						  &chan->info_mask_separate_available);

Agreed. Looks nicer to me this way and still under the wider 100 char limit
which is appropriate when readability is improved.

Some unfortunately long identifiers, that I think got there via evolution.
We should consider shortening them that's a job for a separate patch.


> []
> 
> > @@ -1316,10 +1316,9 @@ static int iio_device_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> >  		return ret;
> >  	attrcount += ret;
> >  
> > +	mask = &chan->info_mask_shared_by_type_available;
> >  	ret = iio_device_add_info_mask_type_avail(indio_dev, chan,
> > -						  IIO_SHARED_BY_TYPE,
> > -						  &chan->
> > -						  info_mask_shared_by_type_available);
> > +						  IIO_SHARED_BY_TYPE, mask);  
> 
> 	ret = iio_device_add_info_mask_type_avail(indio_dev, chan, IIO_SHARED_BY_TYPE,
> 						  &chan->info_mask_shared_by_type_available);
> 
> etc...
> 
> 




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