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SubjectRe: [PATCH 08/32] dmaengine: ste_dma40: Optimise local MAX() macro
On Mon, 22 Apr 2013, Vinod Koul wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:11:50AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > The current implementation of the DMA40's local MAX() macro evaluates
> > its arguments more times than is necessary. This patch strips it
> > optimises it to only evaluate what's appropriate.
> >
> > Cc: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
> > Cc: Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>
> > Cc: Per Forlin <per.forlin@stericsson.com>
> > Cc: Rabin Vincent <rabin@rab.in>
> > Reported-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > ---
> > drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
> > index b21a8a3..7b451b2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
> > +++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
> > @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
> > #define D40_ALLOC_PHY BIT(30)
> > #define D40_ALLOC_LOG_FREE BIT(0)
> >
> > -#define MAX(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (b) : (a))
> > +#define MAX(a, b) ((a > b) ? a : b)
> Am not a big fan of own redefines, can you use kernel max() macro instead

Unfortunately not in this instance, as the kernel max() macro uses
curly braces and is not suitable for this use-case. There is a thread
regarding this on the MLs with Arnd Bergmann, Russell King and myself.

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