[PATCH v4 4/4] boot: Move preparing bootdev into a function

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Sat Oct 11 09:20:02 CEST 2025


Hi Tom,

On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 at 15:38, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 11:36:20AM +0100, Simon Glass wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > On Thu, 9 Oct 2025 at 18:35, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 09, 2025 at 03:29:55AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > >
> > > > The code at the end of iter_inc() is already somewhat tortuous. Before
> > > > making it worse, move it into a function.
> > >
> > > This is not a great commit message. Taking a look at v2 as a whole, the
> > > reason to extract this logic from the end of iter_inc is because you
> > > will be checking it in multiple places. That is a good reason to move
> > > the code. Adding another 5 lines of code (a single if test) alone would
> > > not be.
> >
> > OK, so how about:
> >
> > The code at the end of iter_inc() is already somewhat tortuous. A future
> > series needs to call it in from two places in iter_inc(), so move it
> > into a function.
>
> No, I dropped the "already somewhat tortuous" part on purpose, because
> it's just normal regular easy to understand code. It's on that threshold
> of indentation where you could break it out, or you could leave it, and
> be fine. The entire reason to split it out is because it will be called
> in multiple places.

OK, so how about:

We will want to use this same logic in another place within
iter_inc(), so split it out into its own function.

Otherwise, please suggest something.

Regards,
Simon


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