Re: [PATCH] sparc/irq: Remove unneeded if check in sun4v_cookie_only_virqs()

[Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>]

On 2025-01-15 17:11, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
> 
> On 14. Jan 2025, at 21:29, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> On Tue, 2025-01-14 at 21:25 +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
>>> Remove the unnecessary if check and return the result directly.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
>>> ---
>>> arch/sparc/kernel/irq_64.c | 4 +---
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/irq_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/irq_64.c
>>> index aff0d24f8c6f..81fb49b089a8 100644
>>> --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/irq_64.c
>>> +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/irq_64.c
>>> @@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ static int hv_irq_version;
>>>  */
>>> static bool sun4v_cookie_only_virqs(void)
>>> {
>>> - if (hv_irq_version >= 3)
>>> - return true;
>>> - return false;
>>> + return hv_irq_version >= 3;
>>> }
>>>
>>> static void __init irq_init_hv(void)
>>
>> I'm not sure whether this change is really necessary nor will it improve
>> the readability of the code. I think the compiler will optimize the code
>> the same way, for both variants.
> 
> It's not strictly necessary, but it's shorter, less verbose, and imo
> improves the code's readability. Personally, I'd even consider the
> current version a code smell, but feel free to ignore the patch.

I could see it both ways, but personally agree about it being slightly
more readable. As I'll pick up the other sun4v_cookie_only_virqs()
related patch I might as well take this one as well.

Reviewed-by: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>

Picking this up to my for-next.

Thanks,
Andreas