Re: [PATCH 09/18] serial: sc16is7xx: add macro for max number of UART ports

From: Hugo Villeneuve
Date: Thu Dec 21 2023 - 12:01:20 EST


On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:55:17 +0200
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 11:41:03AM -0500, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:50:34 +0200
> > Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 12:18:53PM -0500, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > > - if (count < 0 || count > ARRAY_SIZE(irda_port))
> > > > + if (count < 0 || count > SC16IS7XX_MAX_PORTS)
> > >
> > > ARRAY_SIZE() is more robust than this. What if you change to support different
> > > devices where this won't be as defined?
> >
> > not sure that I understand your point, because SC16IS7XX_MAX_PORTS is
> > the maximum for all devices supported by this driver. The irda_port
> > array always has a fixed number of elements set to SC16IS7XX_MAX_PORTS,
> > even if the device that we are probing has only one port for example.
>
> For current models of the device, yes. Who knows the future?
> Also, ARRAY_SIZE() make it less points to update if ever needed.
>
> > But I can change it back to ARRAY_SIZE(irda_port) if you want.
>
> Please change it back.
>
> > > > return;
>
> ...
>
> > > > + WARN_ON(devtype->nr_uart > SC16IS7XX_MAX_PORTS);
> > >
> > > Not sure about this, perhaps it's fine.
> >
> > This check is only there if we add support for a new device and we
> > incorrectly set nr_uart to an incorrect value, which will cause other
> > problems anyway, of course :)
> >
> > This could be removed.
>
> Let's remove. We can add it back in case something like this (quite unlikely)
> happens.

Ok, will do both for v2.

Hugo Villeneuve