Re: [PATCH 1/2] of: unittest: remove unneeded local return value variables

2018-03-12 Thread Rob Herring
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 7:28 PM, Frank Rowand  wrote:
> On 03/09/18 16:02, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 02:39:04PM -0800, frowand.l...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> From: Frank Rowand 
>>>
>>> A common pattern in many unittest functions is to save the return
>>> value of a function in a local variable, then test the value of
>>> the local variable, without using that return value for any further
>>> purpose.  Remove the local return value variable for these cases.
>>>
>>> A second common pattern is:
>>>
>>>ret = some_test_function(many, parameters, ...);
>>>if (unittest(ret == 0, "error message format", ...))
>>>   return;
>>>
>>> This pattern is more clear when the local variable 'ret' is used, due
>>> to the long lines caused by the parameters to the test function and
>>> the long format and data parameters of unittest().  The local
>>> variable is retained in these cases.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand 
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/of/unittest.c | 89 
>>> ++-
>>>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
>>
>> Doesn't apply. What's it based on?
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
> Sorry, I guess I should have mentioned that.
>
> Based on top of of_overlay_fdt_apply() v7 for 4.17.
>
> It applies with or without Dan's "[PATCH] of: unittest: fix
> an error test in of_unittest_overlay_8()", which made me notice
> the common pattern.

That's what I figured, but I was not on the right branch... Now both
are applied.

Rob


Re: [PATCH 1/2] of: unittest: remove unneeded local return value variables

2018-03-09 Thread Frank Rowand
On 03/09/18 16:02, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 02:39:04PM -0800, frowand.l...@gmail.com wrote:
>> From: Frank Rowand 
>>
>> A common pattern in many unittest functions is to save the return
>> value of a function in a local variable, then test the value of
>> the local variable, without using that return value for any further
>> purpose.  Remove the local return value variable for these cases.
>>
>> A second common pattern is:
>>
>>ret = some_test_function(many, parameters, ...);
>>if (unittest(ret == 0, "error message format", ...))
>>   return;
>>
>> This pattern is more clear when the local variable 'ret' is used, due
>> to the long lines caused by the parameters to the test function and
>> the long format and data parameters of unittest().  The local
>> variable is retained in these cases.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand 
>> ---
>>  drivers/of/unittest.c | 89 
>> ++-
>>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
> 
> Doesn't apply. What's it based on?
> 
> Rob
> 

Sorry, I guess I should have mentioned that.

Based on top of of_overlay_fdt_apply() v7 for 4.17.

It applies with or without Dan's "[PATCH] of: unittest: fix
an error test in of_unittest_overlay_8()", which made me notice
the common pattern.

-Frank


Re: [PATCH 1/2] of: unittest: remove unneeded local return value variables

2018-03-09 Thread Rob Herring
On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 02:39:04PM -0800, frowand.l...@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand 
> 
> A common pattern in many unittest functions is to save the return
> value of a function in a local variable, then test the value of
> the local variable, without using that return value for any further
> purpose.  Remove the local return value variable for these cases.
> 
> A second common pattern is:
> 
>ret = some_test_function(many, parameters, ...);
>if (unittest(ret == 0, "error message format", ...))
>   return;
> 
> This pattern is more clear when the local variable 'ret' is used, due
> to the long lines caused by the parameters to the test function and
> the long format and data parameters of unittest().  The local
> variable is retained in these cases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand 
> ---
>  drivers/of/unittest.c | 89 
> ++-
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)

Doesn't apply. What's it based on?

Rob