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On 5/4/2020 9:37 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 01:16:10PM +0300, Shenhar, Talel wrote:
>>>> +     mci = edac_mc_alloc(0, ARRAY_SIZE(layers), layers,
>>>> +                         sizeof(struct al_mc_edac));
>>> You can let that line stick out.
>> I rather avoid having this as a checkpatch warnning... (automation and
>> stuff...)
> checkpatch.pl - while useful - should not be taken to the letter and
> human brain should be applied to sanity check it what it warns about.
>
>> This line break does seems to my eye as too hard to read.
>>
>> Let me know if you feel strongly about it.
> I'm just sayin' - in the end of the day you'll be staring at that code -
> not me - so whatever *you* prefer. :-)
>
> Just don't follow tools blindly.
Thanks, I will leave it that way as it will make my life easier (with 
automatic vim tools and automation) and doesn't really break code 
understanding.
>
>>>> +     if (al_mc->irq_ue <= 0 || al_mc->irq_ce <= 0)
>>> Shouldn't this be && here?
>>>
>>> I mean, you want to poll when neither of the IRQs can be found. But then
>>> if you find one of them and not the other, what do you do? Poll and
>>> interrupt? Is that case even possible?
>> Correct.
>>
>> In case dt defined interrupt line only for one type and not for the other,
>> than the interrupt mode shall be used for one of them while polling mode for
>> the other.
> That warrants a comment above it.
Shall be part of v7.
>
> Thx.
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>      Boris.
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