[PATCH v5 2/3] net: Add Keystone NetCP ethernet driver

David Laight David.Laight at ACULAB.COM
Tue Sep 30 06:09:34 PDT 2014


From: David Miller
> From: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at ti.com>
> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:48:36 -0400
> 
> > +static inline int gbe_phy_link_status(struct gbe_slave *slave)
> > +{
> > +	if (!slave->phy)
> > +		return 1;
> > +
> > +	if (slave->phy->link)
> > +		return 1;
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> 
> Please use 'bool' as the return type and return 'true' or 'false'.

That function body could also be just:
	return !slave->phy && slave->phy->link;
which might be more readable if directly coded.

I also wonder if slave>phy can actually be NULL?
If it can be under unusual circumstances it might be worth
assigning the address of a dummy 'phy' structure so that the
tests can all be removed.

	David






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