Re: [PATCH] ALSA: mips/hal2: Refactor and improve hal2_compute_rate()

[Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>]

On 1. Jul 2025, at 11:25, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> IMHO, this doesn't look improving the code readability than the
> original code.  And the generated code doesn't seem significantly
> better, either.

I didn't look at the generated code, but I think the patch definitely
improves the function (not necessarily its runtime, but its readability
and maintainability).

I think the patch primarily improves maintainability by eliminating the
magic number '4' that was scattered throughout the function. Now the
scaling factor is assigned once to the semantically more meaningful
variable 'codec->inc' and used consistently.

It also improves consistency by using 'codec->master' when calculating
'codec->mod' instead of repeating the constants '44100' and '48000'.

Additionally, it removes the unnecessary local variable 'mod' and the
'rate' update, making the function more concise (4 vs 12 lines).

Thanks,
Thorsten