Re: [PATCH 3/8] eeepc-laptop: define rfkill notifier nodes only once

From: Darren Hart
Date: Tue Oct 28 2014 - 01:12:30 EST


On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 09:12:38PM +0200, Frans Klaver wrote:
> The rfkill notifier node names are used in three different places. As a
> matter of style, it is better to store them somewhere and have the
> compiler warn us about typos in the function arguments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frans Klaver <fransklaver@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c | 22 +++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
> index 6e3be01..e92ea41 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
> @@ -819,11 +819,15 @@ static int eeepc_new_rfkill(struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static char EEEPC_RFKILL_NODE_1[] = "\\_SB.PCI0.P0P5";
> +static char EEEPC_RFKILL_NODE_2[] = "\\_SB.PCI0.P0P6";
> +static char EEEPC_RFKILL_NODE_3[] = "\\_SB.PCI0.P0P7";

So, out of curiosity, any particular reason for static char[] instead of
#define? I see both used frequently and didn't see any advice in CodingStyle.

Regardless, Queued and thanks,

--
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
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