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From:   Tanju Brunostar <tanjubrunostar0@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 22 Oct 2022 09:28:51 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] staging: vt6655: refactor long lines of code in s_vGenerateTxParameter
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 9:17 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 07:06:10AM +0000, Tanjuate Brunostar wrote:
> > fix checkpatch errors by refactoring long lines of code in the function: s_vGenerateTxParameter
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tanjuate Brunostar <tanjubrunostar0@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/vt6655/rxtx.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> >  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/rxtx.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/rxtx.c
> > index dc853b83459b..951d4172e9f2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/rxtx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/rxtx.c
> > @@ -839,7 +839,8 @@ s_vFillCTSHead(struct vnt_private *pDevice,
> >       }
> >
> >       if (byPktType == PK_TYPE_11GB || byPktType == PK_TYPE_11GA) {
> > -             if (byFBOption != AUTO_FB_NONE && uDMAIdx != TYPE_ATIMDMA && uDMAIdx != TYPE_BEACONDMA) {
> > +             if (byFBOption != AUTO_FB_NONE && uDMAIdx !=
> > +                 TYPE_ATIMDMA && uDMAIdx != TYPE_BEACONDMA) {
>
> Don't break lines like this, this is now much harder to read.
>
> It should look like:
>                 if (byFBOption != AUTO_FB_NONE &&
>                     uDMAIdx != TYPE_ATIMDMA &&
>                     uDMAIdx != TYPE_BEACONDMA) {
>
> If you want to make it more readable, right?
>
> And that is the main point here, the coding style is to make it readable
> to us humans, the compiler doesn't care.
>
> Your change makes the logic harder to understand, not easier, which is a
> step backwards.
>
> We write code for developers first (as we have to maintain it), and the
> compiler second.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Got it