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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] staging: greybus: spilib: Handle SPI device types with a switch statement
On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 12:45:42PM +0530, singh.supreet14@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Supreet Singh <singh.supreet14@gmail.com>
>
> Replace the if/else chain that selects the SPI device type with a switch
> statement. This makes the code easier to extend when additional device
> types are introduced and improves readability.

But let's deal with that when it happens, you are adding more code here
than removing:

>
> Signed-off-by: Supreet Singh <singh.supreet14@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Fixed the memcpy indentation issue
> - Removed the extra blank line in the commit message
>
> drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c | 13 +++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

So it's not really a benefit overall, right?

>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c
> index e4d1ae8308aa..39d5bf234c61 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c
> @@ -458,17 +458,22 @@ static int gb_spi_setup_device(struct gb_spilib *spi, u8 cs)
>
> dev_type = response.device_type;
>
> - if (dev_type == GB_SPI_SPI_DEV)
> + switch (dev_type) {
> + case GB_SPI_SPI_DEV:
> strscpy(spi_board.modalias, "spidev",
> sizeof(spi_board.modalias));
> - else if (dev_type == GB_SPI_SPI_NOR)
> + break;
> + case GB_SPI_SPI_NOR:
> strscpy(spi_board.modalias, "spi-nor",
> sizeof(spi_board.modalias));
> - else if (dev_type == GB_SPI_SPI_MODALIAS)
> + break;
> + case GB_SPI_SPI_MODALIAS:
> memcpy(spi_board.modalias, response.name,
> sizeof(spi_board.modalias));
> - else
> + break;
> + default:
> return -EINVAL;
> + }

thanks,

greg k-h

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