Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] mfd: Support ROHM BD9576MUF and BD9573MUF

From: Vaittinen, Matti
Date: Thu Nov 05 2020 - 02:40:57 EST



On Thu, 2020-11-05 at 08:46 +0200, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> Morning Lee,
>
> Thanks for taking a look at this :) I see most of the comments being
> valid. There's two I would like to clarify though...
>
> On Wed, 2020-11-04 at 15:51 +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Oct 2020, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> >
> > > Add core support for ROHM BD9576MUF and BD9573MUF PMICs which are
> > > mainly used to power the R-Car series processors.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >
> > > ---
> > > + unsigned int chip_type;
> > > +
> > > + chip_type = (unsigned int)(uintptr_t)
> > > + of_device_get_match_data(&i2c->dev);
> >
> > Not overly keen on this casting.
> >
> > Why not just leave it as (uintptr_t)?
>
> I didn't do so because on x86_64 the address width is probably 64
> bits
> whereas the unsigned int is likely to be 32 bits. So the assignment
> will crop half of the value. It does not really matter as values are
> small - but I would be surprized if no compilers/analyzers emitted a
> warning.
>
> I must admit I am not 100% sure though. I sure can change this if you
> know it better?
>
> > What happens when you don't cast to (uintptr_t) first?
>
> On some systems at least the gcc will warn:
> > warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-
> to-int-cast]
>
> I am pretty sure I did end up this double casting via trial and error
> :)
> +
> > > +static const struct of_device_id bd957x_of_match[] = {
> > > + {
> > > + .compatible = "rohm,bd9576",
> > > + .data = (void *)ROHM_CHIP_TYPE_BD9576,
> > > + },
> > > + {
> >
> > You could put the 2 lines above on a single line.
>
> Braces? I put braces on separate lines on purpose. Been doing this
> after we had this discussion:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180705055226.GJ496@dell/
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180706070559.GW496@dell/
>
> ;)
>
> I can change it if you wishfeel it is important - not a point I feel
> like fighting over ;)
>

Ah. I guess you meant:
static const struct of_device_id bd957x_of_match[] = {
{ .compatible = "rohm,bd9576", .data = (void *)ROHM_CHIP_TYPE_BD9576, },
{ .compatible = "rohm,bd9573", .data = (void *)ROHM_CHIP_TYPE_BD9573, },
{},
};

Feeling "little bit" stupid... :rolleyes:

> > > + .compatible = "rohm,bd9573",
> > > + .data = (void *)ROHM_CHIP_TYPE_BD9573,
> > > + },
> > > + { },
> > > +};
> > > +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, bd957x_of_match);
>
> Best Regards
> Matti
>
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> Simon says - in Latin please.
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>
> (Thanks for the translation Simon)
>