On 04/04/2017 03:01 PM, Lee Jones wrote: > On Tue, 04 Apr 2017, Lee Jones wrote: > >> On Tue, 04 Apr 2017, Hans Verkuil wrote: >> >>> On 04/04/2017 02:32 PM, Lee Jones wrote: >>>> If CONFIG_RC_CORE is not enabled then none of the RC code will be >>>> executed anyway, so we're placing the capability check inside the >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> --- >>>> drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c | 2 +- >>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c b/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c >>>> index 37217e2..06a312c 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c >>>> +++ b/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c >>>> @@ -234,10 +234,10 @@ struct cec_adapter *cec_allocate_adapter(const struct cec_adap_ops *ops, >>>> return ERR_PTR(res); >>>> } >>>> >>>> +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RC_CORE) >>>> if (!(caps & CEC_CAP_RC)) >>>> return adap; >>>> >>>> -#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RC_CORE) >>>> /* Prepare the RC input device */ >>>> adap->rc = rc_allocate_device(RC_DRIVER_SCANCODE); >>>> if (!adap->rc) { >>>> >>> >>> Not true, there is an #else further down. >> >> I saw the #else. It's inert code that becomes function-less. >> >>> That said, this code is clearly a bit confusing. >>> >>> It would be better if at the beginning of the function we'd have this: >>> >>> #if !IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RC_CORE) >>> caps &= ~CEC_CAP_RC; >>> #endif >>> >>> and then drop the #else bit and (as you do in this patch) move the #if up. >>> >>> Can you make a new patch for this? >> >> Sure. > > No wait, sorry! This patch is the correct fix. > > 'caps' is already indicating !CEC_CAP_RC, which is right. > > What we're trying to do here is only consider looking at the > capabilities if the RC Core is enabled. If it is not enabled, the #if > still does the right thing and makes sure that the caps are updated. > > Please take another look at the semantics. Ah, yes. You are right. But so am I: the code is just unnecessarily confusing as is seen by this discussion. I still would like to see a patch with my proposed solution. The control flow is much easier to understand that way. Regards, Hans