[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/2] x86 platform driver: intelligent power sharing driver
Andrew Morton
akpm at linux-foundation.org
Tue May 11 17:38:36 CEST 2010
On Tue, 11 May 2010 11:18:54 -0700 Jesse Barnes <jbarnes at virtuousgeek.org> wrote:
> > > > +#define thm_writeb(off, val) writeb((val), ips->regmap + (off))
> > > > +#define thm_writew(off, val) writew((val), ips->regmap + (off))
> > > > +#define thm_writel(off, val) writel((val), ips->regmap + (off))
> > >
> > > ick.
> > >
> > > static inline unsigned short thm_readw(struct ips_driver *ips, unsigned offset)
> > > {
> > > readw(ips->regmap + offset);
> > > }
> > >
> > > would be nicer.
> >
> > Yes, it would.
>
> No, I take that back, it just means more typing. This idiom of
> expecting a given variable to be declared for the IO routines to work
> is pretty common in drivers,
yeah, but it sucks there, too.
> and saves a bunch of redundant "(ips," everywhere...
It's not redundant - it's C.
grr.
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