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From: Karsten Keil <kkeil@linux-pingi.de>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] mISDN: avmfritz use the bigger fifo of chip version 2
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FB3507B.10808@linux-pingi.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120516.011615.2055798345695085276.davem@davemloft.net>

Am 16.05.2012 07:16, schrieb David Miller:
> From: Karsten Keil<kkeil@linux-pingi.de>
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 06:22:49 +0200
>
>> +	mode = (AVM_FRITZ_PCIV2 == fc->type) ? HDLC_FIFO_SIZE_128 : 0;
>
> Please don't do this "CONSTANT == variable" type testing order, it's
> completely unnatural and not something we commonly do elsewhere in the
> networking code.
>

I fully agree, looks much better.

> I know some coders bible somewhere says that this is how you avoid
> accidental assignments, but it's too ugly to live.

With todays compilers as long you do not disable/ignore warnings it 
should be safe as well.

Will send version 2 of the patchset soon (with all other issues fixed too)

Karsten

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-16  9:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-16  4:22 [PATCH 0/8] mISDN: Fixes and enhancements for the data channels Karsten Keil
2012-05-16  4:22 ` [PATCH 1/8] mISDN: Cleanup channel also if it already was deactivated Karsten Keil
2012-05-16  4:22 ` [PATCH 2/8] mISDN: Early confirm for transparent data Karsten Keil
2012-05-16  4:22 ` [PATCH 3/8] mISDN: avmfritz use the bigger fifo of chip version 2 Karsten Keil
2012-05-16  5:16   ` David Miller
2012-05-16  7:00     ` Karsten Keil [this message]
2012-05-16  4:22 ` [PATCH 4/8] mISDN: Bugfix hfcsusb: usb endpoint activation/deactivation Karsten Keil
2012-05-16  4:22 ` [PATCH 5/8] mISDN: Reduce RX buffer allocation for transparent data Karsten Keil
2012-05-16  5:21   ` David Miller
2012-05-16  4:22 ` [PATCH 6/8] mISDN: Allow to set a minimum length " Karsten Keil
2012-05-16  5:18   ` David Miller
2012-05-16  4:22 ` [PATCH 7/8] mISDN: Implement MISDN_CTRL_FILL_EMPTY for more drivers Karsten Keil
2012-05-16  4:22 ` [PATCH 8/8] mISDN: Implement MISDN_CTRL_RX_OFF " Karsten Keil

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