Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (k10temp) Move the CCD limit info inside k10temp_data structure

From: Babu Moger
Date: Tue Nov 23 2021 - 17:16:00 EST



On 11/23/21 4:07 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 11/23/21 1:52 PM, Moger, Babu wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 11/23/2021 3:40 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> On 11/23/21 1:16 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
>>>> It seems appropriate to move the CCD specific information inside the
>>>> k10temp_data structure.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why ? I don't see it used outside k10temp_get_ccd_support().
>>
>> Thought it will be cleaner to have it all together at one structure. If
>> you feel otherwise I can remove it.
>
> I don't see the point of having a value in a data structure that isn't
> used anywhere outside probing but nevertheless lives forever.
>
> I also don't see how it is "cleaner" to assign a value to a variable
> in a data structure only to dereference it in a single called function,
> when it can be just as easily be passed as argument to that function.
> I would call that just the opposite, since it creates the impression
> that the variable is needed outside probing when that is not the case.
>  
Ok. Sure. I will remove this change and re-submitt.

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Thanks
Babu Moger