Re: [PATCH 6/9] staging: panel: Make two more module params read-only

From: Willy Tarreau
Date: Tue Nov 18 2014 - 16:20:42 EST


On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 09:56:11PM +0100, Mariusz Gorski wrote:
> Make keypad_type and lcd_type module params read-only.
> This step also starts making it more clear what is
> the precedence of device params coming from different
> sources (device profile, runtime module param values etc).
>
> Signed-off-by: Mariusz Gorski <marius.gorski@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/panel/panel.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c b/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c
> index 7f2f5f8..5b4f0a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c
> @@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ static struct {
> bool enabled;
> } lcd;
>
> +/* Needed only for init */
> +static int selected_lcd_type = NOT_SET;
> +
> /* contains the LCD config state */
> static unsigned long int lcd_flags;
> /* contains the LCD X offset */
> @@ -1417,7 +1420,7 @@ static void panel_lcd_print(const char *s)
> /* initialize the LCD driver */
> static void lcd_init(void)
> {
> - switch (lcd_type) {
> + switch (selected_lcd_type) {

(...)

stupid question : why not move that to the lcd struct you just
created instead of creating a new variable ? It would make sense
to me to have lcd.type here just like you did with enabled.
Same for keypad.

Willy

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