Re: [rt2x00-users] [PATCH 4/5] rt2x00: rt2800lib: introduce rt2800_eeprom_word_index helper

[Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>]

Hi Stanislaw,

> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 10:23:26PM +0200, Gabor Juhos wrote:
>>> I have two nit-picks, but they can be fixed later on top of your current
>>> patches.
>>>
>>>> +	if (WARN_ON(word >= EEPROM_WORD_COUNT)) {
>>>> +		rt2x00_warn(rt2x00dev, "invalid EEPROM word %d\n", word);
>>>> +		return 0;
>>>> +	}
>>>
>>> Since we take "enum rt2800_eeprom_word" as word argument, it can not
>>> have different values than already listed, so this warning is not needed.
>>
>> EEPROM_WORD_COUNT is listed in the enums and the word argument can be equal to
>> that, however it is not a valid index for the EEPROM map. Additionally, if
>> someone puts a new enum value after EEPROM_WORD_COUNT by mistake that will be an
>> invalid index as well.
> 
> I do not feel that there is big chance that someone will do such
> mistakes, but yes, they are at least theoretically possible, so warning
> can stay.
> 
>> My reason behind the rt2x00_warn call was that it shows the wiphy name. If you
>> are testing different devices in parallel it is good to know which one causes
>> the warning. However I can use 'wiphy_name(rt2x00dev->hw->wiphy)' to get that
>> information.
>>
>> I will send a follow-up patch which removes the rt2x00_warn calls. Do you also
>> prefer WARN_ONCE instead of WARN?
> 
> I prefer WARN_ONCE variant to avoid possible spamming dmesg with lot of
> warnings.

Ok. Because the patch-set has not been integrated yet, I have sent an updated
version instead of a follow-up patch.

-Gabor