Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix copy-paste bug: assign from src struct not dest

From: Giel van Schijndel
Date: Wed Jan 07 2015 - 14:18:43 EST


On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 10:54:31 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-01-04 at 19:00 +0100, Giel van Schijndel wrote:
>> ---
>> drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/acx.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/acx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/acx.c
>> index beb354c..93a2fa8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/acx.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/acx.c
>> @@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ int wl12xx_acx_config_hangover(struct wl1271 *wl)
>> acx->decrease_delta = conf->decrease_delta;
>> acx->quiet_time = conf->quiet_time;
>> acx->increase_time = conf->increase_time;
>> - acx->window_size = acx->window_size;
>> + acx->window_size = conf->window_size;
>
> It would be far better to fix the bug *first*, that way the bugfix can
> be cherry-picked/applied to trees that don't have the alignment.

I agree on the ordering.

As for:
> (And anyway I question the value of the alignment - if you really want
> to make this bug disappear you could perhaps use a macro)

And:
On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 20:40:57 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Giel van Schijndel <me@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This highlights the differences (errors).
>
> Seems like patch for the patch. Just fix an error like it's done here:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg131667.html

IMO the aligned block of code has the significant advantage of taking
advantage of humans' ability to spot things that break a pattern. Which
in this case becomes *very* visible when properly aligned, because
without the alignment there is no (visual) pattern (or at least not one
very suitable for my "visual processing system", I know the same applies
to at least some others).

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Met vriendelijke groet,
With kind regards,
Giel van Schijndel

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