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Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: wilc1000: avoid arrray of 'wilc_debugfs_info_t' type

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On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 05:18:29PM +0530, Ajay Singh wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:29:30 +0200
> Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 10:17:41AM +0530, Ajay Singh wrote:
> > > Refactor code by removing array of 'wilc_debugfs_info_t' type and
> > > use single variable to store 'wilc_debugfs_info_t' struct value.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c | 26
> > > +++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 17
> > > deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c
> > > b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c index edc7287..c5f67c9
> > > 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c
> > > @@ -78,29 +78,21 @@ struct wilc_debugfs_info_t {
> > >  	const struct file_operations fops;
> > >  };
> > >  
> > > -static struct wilc_debugfs_info_t debugfs_info[] = {
> > > -	{
> > > -		"wilc_debug_level",
> > > -		0666,
> > > -		(DEBUG | ERR),
> > > -		FOPS(NULL, wilc_debug_level_read,
> > > wilc_debug_level_write, NULL),
> > > -	},
> > > +static struct wilc_debugfs_info_t debugfs_info = {
> > > +	"wilc_debug_level",
> > > +	0666,
> > > +	(DEBUG | ERR),
> > > +	FOPS(NULL, wilc_debug_level_read, wilc_debug_level_write,
> > > NULL), };
> > >  
> > >  int wilc_debugfs_init(void)
> > >  {
> > > -	int i;
> > > -	struct wilc_debugfs_info_t *info;
> > > +	struct wilc_debugfs_info_t *info = &debugfs_info;
> > >  
> > >  	wilc_dir = debugfs_create_dir("wilc_wifi", NULL);
> > > -	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(debugfs_info); i++) {
> > > -		info = &debugfs_info[i];
> > > -		debugfs_create_file(info->name,
> > > -				    info->perm,
> > > -				    wilc_dir,
> > > -				    &info->data,
> > > -				    &info->fops);
> > > -	}
> > > +	debugfs_create_file(info->name, info->perm, wilc_dir,
> > > &info->data,
> > > +			    &info->fops);
> > > +
> > 
> > Why go through the extra step here in changing this variable from an
> > array to a single value and not just make the call to
> > debugfs_create_file() directly with the individual values like you do
> > in patch 3?  It feels like this step isn't needed at all here, right?
> > 
> > What am I missing?
> 
> Actually, while calling debugfs_create_file() it also passed the
> "info->data", "info->perm" which was maintained in a static variable.
> So to have the changes in multiple patches, I first tried by removing
> the dependency of array and later changed the individual parameters
> for this debugfs_create_file().

But you don't need/want that here anyway, it would have been simpler to
just do it correct in one patch.  That would have also been easier to
review :)

But for now, just delete this file as it is not used at all.  Want me to
do it for you?

thanks,

greg k-h



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