Re: [PATCH] s390: Initialize nr_devices count variable to -1

[Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>]

On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:42:53 +0530
Aniroop Mathur <aniroop.mathur@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Aniroop Mathur <a.mathur@samsung.com>
> 
> This patch initializes nr_device count variable to -1 to avoid extra
> subtraction operation performed everytime scm block device is set up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aniroop Mathur <a.mathur@samsung.com>
> ---
>  drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c b/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
> index 76bed17..ee2bd6f 100644
> --- a/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static int scm_major;
>  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(list_lock);
>  static LIST_HEAD(inactive_requests);
>  static unsigned int nr_requests = 64;
> -static atomic_t nr_devices = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
> +static atomic_t nr_devices = ATOMIC_INIT(-1);
>  module_param(nr_requests, uint, S_IRUGO);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(nr_requests, "Number of parallel requests.");
> 
> @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ int scm_blk_dev_setup(struct scm_blk_dev *bdev, struct scm_device *scmdev)
>  	int len, ret = -ENOMEM;
>  	unsigned int devindex, nr_max_blk;
> 
> -	devindex = atomic_inc_return(&nr_devices) - 1;
> +	devindex = atomic_inc_return(&nr_devices);
>  	/* scma..scmz + scmaa..scmzz */
>  	if (devindex > 701) {
>  		ret = -ENODEV;

This patch makes the code harder to read to avoid a single subtraction at
device setup time. I prefer readability.

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   Martin.

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