Re: [PATCH v1 3/8] iio: core: Switch to krealloc_array()

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On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 02:28:36PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 12:53:53PM +0200, Nuno Sá wrote:
> > On Fri, 2023-07-21 at 13:14 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 09:59:37AM +0200, Nuno Sá wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2023-07-20 at 23:53 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

...

> > > > > +       struct attribute **attrs, **attr, *clk = NULL;
> > > > >         struct iio_dev_attr *p;
> > > > > -       struct attribute **attr, *clk = NULL;
> > > > >  
> > > > >         /* First count elements in any existing group */
> > > > > -       if (indio_dev->info->attrs) {
> > > > > -               attr = indio_dev->info->attrs->attrs;
> > > > > -               while (*attr++ != NULL)
> > > > > +       attrs = indio_dev->info->attrs ? indio_dev->info->attrs->attrs :
> > > > > NULL;
> > > > > +       if (attrs) {
> > > > > +               for (attr = attrs; *attr; attr++)
> > > > >                         attrcount_orig++;
> > > 
> > > > not really related with the change... maybe just mention it in the commit?
> > > 
> > > Hmm... It's related to make krealloc_array() to work as expected.
> > > 
> > 
> > Hmm, I think it's arguable :). while() -> for() it's not really needed unless
> > I'm missing something. You could even initialize 'attrs' to NULL at declaration
> > and keep the above diff minimum.
> 
> I'm not a fan of the assignments in the declarations when it potentially can be
> disrupted by a chunk of code and reading the code itself may be harder due to
> an interruption for checking the initial value. Hence, having
> 
> +	attr = attrs;
>  	while (... != NULL)
> 
> seems enough to be replaced with one liner for-loop.

Note that attrs is reused later, so the above assignment makes it cleaner that
some value is assigned to it. With the original code it's not so obvious.

> > That said, I actually prefer this style (even though some people don't like much
> > the ternary operator).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > > > >         }

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko





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