Re: [PATCH v4 05/10] mfd: max77650: new core mfd driver

From: Lee Jones
Date: Tue Feb 12 2019 - 06:14:13 EST


On Tue, 12 Feb 2019, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

> wt., 12 lut 2019 o 11:18 Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
> >
> > On Tue, 12 Feb 2019, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> >
> > > wt., 12 lut 2019 o 10:55 Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
> > > >
> > > > * The declaration of a superfluous struct
> > > > * 100 lines of additional/avoidable code
> > > > * Hacky hoop jumping trying to fudge VIRQs into resources
> > > > * Resources were designed for HWIRQs (unless a domain is present)
> > > > * Loads of additional/avoidable CPU cycles setting all this up
> > >
> > > While the above may be right, this one is negligible and you know it. :)
> >
> > You have nested for() loops. You *are* wasting lots of cycles.
> >
> > > > Need I go on? :)
> > > >
> > > > Surely the fact that you are using both sides of an API
> > > > (devm_regmap_init_i2c and regmap_irq_get_*) in the same driver, must
> > > > set some alarm bells ringing?
> > > >
> > > > This whole HWIRQ setting, VIRQ getting, resource hacking is a mess.
> > > >
> > > > And for what? To avoid passing IRQ data to a child driver?
> > >
> > > What do you propose? Should I go back to the approach in v1 and pass
> > > the regmap_irq_chip_data to child drivers?
> >
> > I'm saying you should remove all of this hackery and pass IRQs as they
> > are supposed to be passed (like everyone else does).
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "like everyone else does" - different
> mfd drivers seem to be doing different things. Is a simple struct
> containing virtual irq numbers passed to sub-drivers fine?

How do you plan on deriving the VIRQs to place into the struct?

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