From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] ata: Add support for the Tegra124 SATA controller Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:13:20 -0400 Message-ID: <20140617161320.GG31819@htj.dyndns.org> References: <1401881559-18469-1-git-send-email-mperttunen@nvidia.com> <1401881559-18469-9-git-send-email-mperttunen@nvidia.com> <1470404.13mIFv0Hnj@amdc1032> <53A0686F.4000303@wwwdotorg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-qg0-f45.google.com ([209.85.192.45]:49993 "EHLO mail-qg0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933090AbaFQQNY (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:13:24 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53A0686F.4000303@wwwdotorg.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Warren Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Mikko Perttunen , thierry.reding@gmail.com, pdeschrijver@nvidia.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:10:23AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote: > > sata_writel() and sata_read() static inlines don't seem to add any value. > > > > Can they be removed? > > Such functions are quite idiomatic in drivers, and serve to simplify all > the call-sites by removing the need to write out the addition of the > base address everywhere. I think it obfuscates more than helps. If you absoluately have to keep it, please at least name it so that it's clear that it's something specific to this driver. Thanks. -- tejun