Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: intel_dp_check_link_status should only return status of link

Lukas Wunner
2016-07-02T09:24:46Z

On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 03:47:56PM -0700, Manasi Navare wrote:
> Intel_dp_check_link_status() function reads the Link status registers
> and returns a boolean to indicate link is good or bad.
> If the link is bad, it is retrained outside the function based
> on the return value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manasi Navare <manasi.d.navare@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> index 6d586b7..c795c9e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> @@ -3863,7 +3863,7 @@ go_again:
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> -static void
> +static bool
> intel_dp_check_link_status(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
> {

A common pattern is to name bool functions like a yes/no question,
so you might want to adjust the name to something like
intel_dp_link_status_ok() or intel_dp_link_is_good() here.

Best regards,

Lukas