Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: Auto enable EFI memmap on SGI UV systems

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Joseph Thelen <jthelen@sgi.com> wrote:

>  static int __init setup_add_efi_memmap(char *arg)
>  {
> +	static bool arg_as_bool;

Why hidden inside local variables as static?

> +	int ret = strtobool(arg, &arg_as_bool);
> +
> +	/* check for a non-existent arg, to maintain backward compatibility */
> +	if (!arg) {
> +		add_efi_memmap = EFI_MEMMAP_ENABLED;
> +	} else {
> +		if (ret) {
> +			/* a bad argument was passed... */
> +			return ret;
> +		} else {
> +			if (arg_as_bool)
> +				add_efi_memmap = EFI_MEMMAP_ENABLED;
> +			else
> +				add_efi_memmap = EFI_MEMMAP_DISABLED;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
>  	return 0;

And that's a really weird code flow!

How about something straightforward:

	int val = 0;
	int ret;

	/* Check for a non-existent arg, to maintain backward compatibility: */
	if (!arg) {
		add_efi_memmap = EFI_MEMMAP_ENABLED;
		return 0;
	}

	ret = strtobool(arg, &val);

	/* Was a bad argument passed? */
	if (ret)
		return ret;

	if (val)
		add_efi_memmap = EFI_MEMMAP_ENABLED;
	else
		add_efi_memmap = EFI_MEMMAP_DISABLED;

	return 0;

?

Also note the rename to 'val'.

Thanks,

	Ingo