Re: [PATCH v3] staging: greybus: spilib: Handle SPI device types with a switch statement

[Supreet Singh <singh.supreet14@gmail.com>]

Understandable. Thanks for your time and review.

Thanks
Supreet

On Tue, Sep 01, 2026 at 11:44:26AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 12:45:42PM +0530, singh.supreet14@gmail.com wrote:
> > From: Supreet Singh <singh.supreet14@gmail.com>
> > 
> > Replace the if/else chain that selects the SPI device type with a switch
> > statement. This makes the code easier to extend when additional device
> > types are introduced and improves readability.
> 
> But let's deal with that when it happens, you are adding more code here
> than removing:
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Supreet Singh <singh.supreet14@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Fixed the memcpy indentation issue
> > - Removed the extra blank line in the commit message
> > 
> >  drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c | 13 +++++++++----
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> So it's not really a benefit overall, right?
> 
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c
> > index e4d1ae8308aa..39d5bf234c61 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c
> > @@ -458,17 +458,22 @@ static int gb_spi_setup_device(struct gb_spilib *spi, u8 cs)
> >  
> >  	dev_type = response.device_type;
> >  
> > -	if (dev_type == GB_SPI_SPI_DEV)
> > +	switch (dev_type) {
> > +	case GB_SPI_SPI_DEV:
> >  		strscpy(spi_board.modalias, "spidev",
> >  			sizeof(spi_board.modalias));
> > -	else if (dev_type == GB_SPI_SPI_NOR)
> > +		break;
> > +	case GB_SPI_SPI_NOR:
> >  		strscpy(spi_board.modalias, "spi-nor",
> >  			sizeof(spi_board.modalias));
> > -	else if (dev_type == GB_SPI_SPI_MODALIAS)
> > +		break;
> > +	case GB_SPI_SPI_MODALIAS:
> >  		memcpy(spi_board.modalias, response.name,
> >  		       sizeof(spi_board.modalias));
> > -	else
> > +		break;
> > +	default:
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> > +	}
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h