Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] acpi: apei: Split GHES handlers outside of ghes_do_proc

["Alex G." <mr.nuke.me@gmail.com>]

On 04/18/2018 12:52 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 04:59:01PM -0500, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote:
>>  static void ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
>>  			 const struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
>>  {
>>  	int sev, sec_sev;
>>  	struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata;
>> +	const struct ghes_handler *handler;
>>  	guid_t *sec_type;
>>  	guid_t *fru_id = &NULL_UUID_LE;
>>  	char *fru_text = "";
>> @@ -478,21 +537,10 @@ static void ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
>>  		if (gdata->validation_bits & CPER_SEC_VALID_FRU_TEXT)
>>  			fru_text = gdata->fru_text;
>>  
>> -		if (guid_equal(sec_type, &CPER_SEC_PLATFORM_MEM)) {
>> -			struct cper_sec_mem_err *mem_err = acpi_hest_get_payload(gdata);
>> -
>> -			ghes_edac_report_mem_error(sev, mem_err);
>> -
>> -			arch_apei_report_mem_error(sev, mem_err);
>> -			ghes_handle_memory_failure(gdata, sev);
>> -		}
>> -		else if (guid_equal(sec_type, &CPER_SEC_PCIE)) {
>> -			ghes_handle_aer(gdata);
>> -		}
>> -		else if (guid_equal(sec_type, &CPER_SEC_PROC_ARM)) {
>> -			struct cper_sec_proc_arm *err = acpi_hest_get_payload(gdata);
>>  
>> -			log_arm_hw_error(err);
>> +		handler = get_handler(sec_type);
> 
> I don't like this - it was better and more readable before because I can
> follow which handler gets called. This change makes is less readable.

I agree with the readability argument in the current situation of three
handlers. I guess I was thinking ahead and generalizing for an arbitrary
number of handlers.

On the other side, you lose readability as soon as you get a few more
handlers and the function becomes too long. And more importantly, you
lose generality: it's not obvious that there's
ghes_edac_report_mem_error() which too wide a context.

Alex