Re: [PATCH] Hexagon-setup: Combine four seq_printf() calls into one call in show_cpuinfo()

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Fri Oct 21 2016 - 05:00:41 EST


>> +++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/setup.c
>> @@ -132,13 +132,14 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>> if (!cpu_online(cpu))
>> return 0;
>> #endif
>> -
>> - seq_printf(m, "processor\t: %d\n", cpu);
>> - seq_printf(m, "model name\t: Hexagon Virtual Machine\n");
>> - seq_printf(m, "BogoMips\t: %lu.%02lu\n",
>> - (loops_per_jiffy * HZ) / 500000,
>> - ((loops_per_jiffy * HZ) / 5000) % 100);
>> - seq_printf(m, "\n");
>> + seq_printf(m,
>> + "processor\t: %d\n"
>> + "model name\t: Hexagon Virtual Machine\n"
>> + "BogoMips\t: %lu.%02lu\n"
>> + "\n",
>> + cpu,
>> + (loops_per_jiffy * HZ) / 500000,
>> + ((loops_per_jiffy * HZ) / 5000) % 100);
>
> This looks completely pointless.

Thanks for your software development opinion in this use case.


> It is harder to see how the arguments fit into the strings
> and it is harder to see where the strings end and the arguments begin.

Is it really so difficult to interpret the suggested construction
of a single (and relatively small) format string?

Regards,
Markus