From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: "Bjørn Mork" <bjorn@mork.no>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>,
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/6] software node: rename is_array to is_inline
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:08:13 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191113080813.GO13374@dtor-ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87woc4s1xg.fsf@miraculix.mork.no>
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 07:52:43AM +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > We do not need a special flag to know if we are dealing with an array,
> > as we can get that data from ratio between element length and the data
> > size, however we do need a flag to know whether the data is stored
> > directly inside property_entry or separately.
>
> Doesn't a non-null prop->pointer tell you this?
No it does not because pointer is a part of a union.
>
> And inverting the flag is unnecessarily risky IMHO. An all-zero prop
> might now result in dereferencing a NULL prop->pointer instead of using
> the empty prop->value. Now I haven't looked at the code to see if this
> is a real problem. But I believe it's better not having to do that
> anyway...
All-zero property is a terminator and thus we will not dereference
anything.
Thanks.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-13 8:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-08 4:22 [PATCH v8 0/6] software node: add support for reference properties Dmitry Torokhov
2019-11-08 4:22 ` [PATCH v8 1/6] software node: rename is_array to is_inline Dmitry Torokhov
2019-11-08 9:49 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2019-11-13 6:52 ` Bjørn Mork
2019-11-13 8:08 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2019-12-12 11:12 ` Marek Szyprowski
2019-12-12 11:28 ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-12-12 16:41 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2019-12-13 6:47 ` Marek Szyprowski
2019-12-13 8:37 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2019-12-13 1:24 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2019-12-13 6:44 ` Marek Szyprowski
2019-11-08 4:22 ` [PATCH v8 2/6] software node: allow embedding of small arrays into property_entry Dmitry Torokhov
2019-11-08 4:22 ` [PATCH v8 3/6] software node: implement reference properties Dmitry Torokhov
2020-11-09 17:02 ` Lukasz Stelmach
2020-11-09 17:24 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-11-09 18:18 ` Lukasz Stelmach
2020-11-09 18:53 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2020-11-09 19:05 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-11-10 12:39 ` Heikki Krogerus
2020-11-10 12:46 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2020-11-09 19:54 ` Lukasz Stelmach
2020-11-09 19:02 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-11-09 19:47 ` Lukasz Stelmach
2020-11-09 21:20 ` Andy Shevchenko
2019-11-08 4:22 ` [PATCH v8 4/6] platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: use inline " Dmitry Torokhov
2019-11-08 4:22 ` [PATCH v8 5/6] software node: remove separate handling of references Dmitry Torokhov
2019-11-08 4:22 ` [PATCH v8 6/6] software node: add basic tests for property entries Dmitry Torokhov
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