Re: [PATCH 1/3] powerpc/smp: Parse ibm, thread-groups with multiple properties

[Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>]

Gautham R Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> Hello Srikar,
>
> Thanks for taking a look at the patch.
>
> On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 05:40:42PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
>> * Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [2020-12-04 10:18:45]:
>> 
>> > From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> 
>> <snipped>
>> 
>> > 
>> >  static int parse_thread_groups(struct device_node *dn,
>> > -			       struct thread_groups *tg,
>> > -			       unsigned int property)
>> > +			       struct thread_groups_list *tglp)
>> >  {
>> > -	int i;
>> > -	u32 thread_group_array[3 + MAX_THREAD_LIST_SIZE];
>> > +	int i = 0;
>> > +	u32 *thread_group_array;
>> >  	u32 *thread_list;
>> >  	size_t total_threads;
>> > -	int ret;
>> > +	int ret = 0, count;
>> > +	unsigned int property_idx = 0;
>> 
>> NIT:
>> tglx mentions in one of his recent comments to try keep a reverse fir tree
>> ordering of variables where possible.
>
> I suppose you mean moving the longer local variable declarations to to
> the top and shorter ones to the bottom. Thanks. Will fix this.

Yeah. It's called "reverse christmas tree", that's googleable.

I also prefer that style, it makes the locals visually sit with the
beginning of the function body.

cheers