From: Micha Nelissen <micha@neli.hopto.org>
To: "Bounine, Alexandre" <Alexandre.Bounine@idt.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] RapidIO: Add switch-specific sysfs initialization callback
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:18:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C6A37B3.70605@neli.hopto.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0CE8B6BE3C4AD74AB97D9D29BD24E552011D5FFC@CORPEXCH1.na.ads.idt.com>
Bounine, Alexandre wrote:
>> Why not make a sw_sysfs_create and sw_sysfs_remove? Is better for
>> readability. Now you call 'sw_sysfs(dev, 0)' or 'sw_sysfs(dev, 1)';
>
> I just do not want to have an extra member here. Not every switch will
> require own sysfs attributes, but every switch will be presented by a
> data structure. Based on its intended use I do not see any problem here.
It's not problematic, but personally I find function calls that pass 0
or 1 as an argument hard to read. Likewise for boolean parameters. An
alternative would be to have defines SW_SYSFS_CREATE etc. It's a minor item.
Micha
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-17 7:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-13 15:17 [PATCH 0/9] RapidIO: Set of patches to add Gen2 switches Alexandre Bounine
2010-08-13 15:17 ` [PATCH 1/9] RapidIO: fix RapidIO sysfs hierarchy Alexandre Bounine
2010-08-13 15:17 ` [PATCH 2/9] RapidIO, powerpc/85xx: modify RIO port-write interrupt handler Alexandre Bounine
2010-08-16 12:12 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-16 15:27 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-17 7:12 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-17 17:16 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-13 15:18 ` [PATCH 3/9] RapidIO: Add the ingress port number into the RIO switch data structure Alexandre Bounine
2010-08-16 12:14 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-16 13:40 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-13 15:18 ` [PATCH 4/9] RapidIO: Add relation links between RIO device structures Alexandre Bounine
2010-08-16 12:18 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-16 14:00 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-17 7:08 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-17 17:47 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-13 15:18 ` [PATCH 5/9] RapidIO: Add default handler for error_stopped state Alexandre Bounine
2010-08-16 12:21 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-16 14:47 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-13 15:18 ` [PATCH 6/9] RapidIO: Add switch-specific sysfs initialization callback Alexandre Bounine
2010-08-16 12:25 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-16 17:10 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-17 7:18 ` Micha Nelissen [this message]
2010-08-17 17:20 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-13 15:18 ` [PATCH 7/9] RapidIO: Add handling for PW message from a lost device Alexandre Bounine
2010-08-16 12:29 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-16 18:02 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-17 7:22 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-17 12:44 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-13 15:18 ` [PATCH 8/9] RapidIO: Add device access check into the enumeration Alexandre Bounine
2010-08-13 15:18 ` [PATCH 9/9] RapidIO: Add support for IDT CPS Gen2 switches Alexandre Bounine
2010-08-16 12:36 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-16 18:30 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-16 12:30 ` [PATCH 0/9] RapidIO: Set of patches to add " Micha Nelissen
2010-08-16 18:18 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-08-17 7:31 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-08-17 18:13 ` Bounine, Alexandre
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