Re: [PATCH 00/21] i2c: make use of i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg

From: Peter Rosin
Date: Mon May 14 2018 - 13:01:46 EST


On 2018-05-14 18:11, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-05-14 at 16:53 +0200, Peter Rosin wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> The nice little inline i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg is not getting
>> enough use. This series improves the situation and drops a
>> bunch of lines in the process.
>
> Perhaps the inline should test for I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR
> as there is at least one use like
>
> - addr = msg->addr << 1;
> - if (flags & I2C_M_RD)
> - addr |= 1;
> + addr = i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg(msg);
> if (flags & I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR)
> addr ^= 1;
>
> which look odd

I say no, because the driver has to also indicate support with
I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING and I don't see a sane way to check
that part of the contract. But what do I know. Seems orthogonal.

> Do any of these changes now no longer need
> the temporary flags variable?

Right, I thought I had made any obvious further simplification made
possible by these changes, but I overlooked that one. The flags
variable is certainly over-engineered in i2c-algo-pcf.c and would
be a good candidate for removal. But that's only patch 3/21.

I'll wait for a bit with an update, and Wolfram can adjust this on
the way in if he feels like it.

Cheers,
Peter