RE: [PATCH 1/1] irqchip: imx-gpcv2: Simplify the implemenation

[Shenwei Wang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Gleixner [mailto:tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > +
> > > >  	if (sources)
> > > > -		*sources = imx_gpcv2_instance->wakeup_sources;
> > > > +		*sources = cd->wakeup_sources;
> > > >
> > > >  	return IMR_NUM;
> > >
> > > You do not need the intermediate storage at all.
> > >
> > > u32 imx_gpcv2_get_wakeup_source(u32 *sources) {
> > > 	if (sources) {
> > > 		for (i = 0; i < IMR_NUM; i++) {
> > > 			reg = cd->gpc_base + cd->cpu2wakeup + i * 4;
> > > 			sources[i] = readl_relaxed(reg);
> > > 		}
> > > 	}
> > > 	....
> >
> > Using the intermediate storage here can make the caller a little
> > easier, because the caller does not need to malloc the memory before the call.
> > Especially the caller does not even know how many memory to allocate
> > In the beginning.
> 
> Fair enough, but why do you need that case where sources can be NULL just to
> return IMR_NUM?

The intention is to get the IMR_NUM only. But so far no user uses this feature.

Thanks,
Shenwei

> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx

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