Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: qlge: Fix multiple assignments warning by splitting the assignement into two each

[Julia Lawall]

On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:48 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, Jules Irenge wrote:
> > > Fix multiple assignments warning " check
> > >  issued by checkpatch.pl tool:
> > > "CHECK: multiple assignments should be avoided".
> []
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
> []
> > > @@ -141,8 +141,10 @@ static int ql_get_serdes_regs(struct ql_adapter *qdev,
> > >  	u32 *direct_ptr, temp;
> > >  	u32 *indirect_ptr;
> > >
> > > -	xfi_direct_valid = xfi_indirect_valid = 0;
> > > -	xaui_direct_valid = xaui_indirect_valid = 1;
> > > +	xfi_indirect_valid = 0;
> > > +	xfi_direct_valid = xfi_indirect_valid;
> > > +	xaui_indirect_valid = 1;
> > > +	xaui_direct_valid = xaui_indirect_valid
> >
> > Despite checkpatch, I think that the original code was easier to
> > understand.
>
> It'd likely be easier to understand if all the
> <foo>_valid uses were bool and the ql_get_both_serdes
> <foo>_valid arguments were change to bool from
> unsigned int as well.

Indeed, given the names and the values, bool would be much better.

> btw: qlge likely is going to be deleted and not updated.

OK.  Jules, if you want to make this change, you can, but it could be
better to move on to some other driver.

thanks,
julia

>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
> index 7e16066a3527..90ab37d4c49d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
> @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static int ql_read_serdes_reg(struct ql_adapter *qdev, u32 reg, u32 *data)
>
>  static void ql_get_both_serdes(struct ql_adapter *qdev, u32 addr,
>  			u32 *direct_ptr, u32 *indirect_ptr,
> -			unsigned int direct_valid, unsigned int indirect_valid)
> +			bool direct_valid, bool indirect_valid)
>  {
>  	unsigned int status;
>
> @@ -136,14 +136,12 @@ static int ql_get_serdes_regs(struct ql_adapter *qdev,
>  				struct ql_mpi_coredump *mpi_coredump)
>  {
>  	int status;
> -	unsigned int xfi_direct_valid, xfi_indirect_valid, xaui_direct_valid;
> -	unsigned int xaui_indirect_valid, i;
> +	bool xfi_direct_valid = false, xfi_indirect_valid = false;
> +	bool xaui_direct_valid = true, xaui_indirect_valid = true;
> +	unsigned int i;
>  	u32 *direct_ptr, temp;
>  	u32 *indirect_ptr;
>
> -	xfi_direct_valid = xfi_indirect_valid = 0;
> -	xaui_direct_valid = xaui_indirect_valid = 1;
> -
>  	/* The XAUI needs to be read out per port */
>  	status = ql_read_other_func_serdes_reg(qdev,
>  			XG_SERDES_XAUI_HSS_PCS_START, &temp);
> @@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ static int ql_get_serdes_regs(struct ql_adapter *qdev,
>
>  	if ((temp & XG_SERDES_ADDR_XAUI_PWR_DOWN) ==
>  				XG_SERDES_ADDR_XAUI_PWR_DOWN)
> -		xaui_indirect_valid = 0;
> +		xaui_indirect_valid = false;
>
>  	status = ql_read_serdes_reg(qdev, XG_SERDES_XAUI_HSS_PCS_START, &temp);
>
> @@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ static int ql_get_serdes_regs(struct ql_adapter *qdev,
>
>  	if ((temp & XG_SERDES_ADDR_XAUI_PWR_DOWN) ==
>  				XG_SERDES_ADDR_XAUI_PWR_DOWN)
> -		xaui_direct_valid = 0;
> +		xaui_direct_valid = false;
>
>  	/*
>  	 * XFI register is shared so only need to read one
> @@ -176,18 +174,18 @@ static int ql_get_serdes_regs(struct ql_adapter *qdev,
>  		/* now see if i'm NIC 1 or NIC 2 */
>  		if (qdev->func & 1)
>  			/* I'm NIC 2, so the indirect (NIC1) xfi is up. */
> -			xfi_indirect_valid = 1;
> +			xfi_indirect_valid = true;
>  		else
> -			xfi_direct_valid = 1;
> +			xfi_direct_valid = true;
>  	}
>  	if ((temp & XG_SERDES_ADDR_XFI2_PWR_UP) ==
>  					XG_SERDES_ADDR_XFI2_PWR_UP) {
>  		/* now see if i'm NIC 1 or NIC 2 */
>  		if (qdev->func & 1)
>  			/* I'm NIC 2, so the indirect (NIC1) xfi is up. */
> -			xfi_direct_valid = 1;
> +			xfi_direct_valid = true;
>  		else
> -			xfi_indirect_valid = 1;
> +			xfi_indirect_valid = true;
>  	}
>
>  	/* Get XAUI_AN register block. */
>
>