Re: [PATCH] irqchip: irq-imx-gpcv2: Remove unnecessary blank lines

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Sun Mar 22 2020 - 15:36:57 EST


Daniel,

On 2020-03-22 19:08, Daniel Baluta wrote:
On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 5:22 PM Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 04:56:41 +0000,
Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Remove unnecessary blank lines for cleanup.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2.c | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2.c
> index 4f74c15..4f11b9b 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2.c
> @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
> #define GPC_IMR1_CORE2 0x1c0
> #define GPC_IMR1_CORE3 0x1d0
>
> -
> struct gpcv2_irqchip_data {
> struct raw_spinlock rlock;
> void __iomem *gpc_base;
> @@ -287,6 +286,5 @@ static int __init imx_gpcv2_irqchip_init(struct device_node *node,
> of_node_clear_flag(node, OF_POPULATED);
> return 0;
> }
> -
> IRQCHIP_DECLARE(imx_gpcv2_imx7d, "fsl,imx7d-gpc", imx_gpcv2_irqchip_init);
> IRQCHIP_DECLARE(imx_gpcv2_imx8mq, "fsl,imx8mq-gpc", imx_gpcv2_irqchip_init);

I honestly don't think this deserves a patch. Next time you work on
this driver, add the cleanups to it. But on its own, it's only churn.

While you are technically right, it's only churn I think we need this
for code consistency and cleanup.

Get real. We really don't. Two blank lines do not lead to a
misinterpretation of the code, do not get in the way of normal
maintenance, do not lead to *any* practical issue.

What's next? Cc stable?

Even if we fix this when we work on the driver we still need
to make the cleanup in a separate patch.

Neither. As well as removing blank lines, you could also remove the
dead code in this driver. That would be a good cleanup. You could
also have a look at what feels like a potential deadlock in the
mask/unmask callbacks. That'd be a good thing to do too.

Certainly more useful than just dropping two blank lines.

M.
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