[PATCH 2/2] ARM: mx5/mx53_evk: Remove unneeded gpio_set_value call
Julia Lawall
julia at diku.dk
Sun Mar 20 17:42:42 EDT 2011
On Sun, 20 Mar 2011, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 09:51:32PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > I guess that the !GPIOLIB issue is related to a configuration option, that
> > can't very easily be detected from looking at the C file alone?
>
> Yes, that is a configuration option at the moment. It shouldn't be IMO, that's
> what my patch is addressing.
>
> > Ignoring that issue, the following semantic patch addresses the common
>
> Sigh, here goes my chance to play with coccinelle again ;)
Well, there are still 300 or so cases that my rules don't catch :)
> > case where there is no error checking for the input or output call, but
> > there may be error checking for the gpio_request call. This transforms
> > over 500 occurrences.
>
> In my book, converting the ones which do not check errors at all is not worth
> the trouble. Proper error-checking should be the main benefit, not one saved
> line. So, this is mindwork. If gpio_request is checked, merging seems sensible
> (but should be audited).
OK. One could put rules like:
@@
expression E1,E2;
@@
- gpio_request(E1,E2);
+ BAD_CALL(gpio_request_one(E1,GPIOF_IN,E2));
... when != E1
- gpio_direction_input(E1);
to more easily find those cases. There are 265 of them.
julia
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