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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
	"linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PCI/VPD: Use unaligned access helpers in pci_vpd_read
Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 18:35:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YJwR6ssFDkuUiklx@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fa73ec3d-55d5-b430-39fc-fab7938b18bd@gmail.com>

On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 09:56:31AM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Which version is easier to read may be a question of personal taste.
> Using the unaligned access helper in pci_vpd_read() was asked for by
> Bjorn to complement a use of get_unaligned_le32() in pci_vpd_write().
> So I leave it up to him. Functionally it's the same anyway.

get_unaligned_le32 and friends are really nice helpers, but only when
they fit the use case.  In this case the existing code is a fairly easy
to follow loop, while the "new" version is a mess by all counts.

      reply	other threads:[~2021-05-12 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-07 22:29 [PATCH v2] PCI/VPD: Use unaligned access helpers in pci_vpd_read Heiner Kallweit
2021-05-10  6:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-05-10  7:09   ` Heiner Kallweit
2021-05-12  7:21     ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-05-12  7:56       ` Heiner Kallweit
2021-05-12 17:35         ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]

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