Re: [PATCH 11/30] usb: dwc2: gadget: Avoid pointless read of EP control register

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 03:46:06PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> Commit ec1f9d9f01384 ("usb: dwc2: gadget: parity fix in isochronous mode") moved
> these checks to dwc2_hsotg_change_ep_iso_parity() back in 2015.  The assigned
> value hasn't been read back since.  Let's remove the unnecessary H/W read.
> 
> Fixes the following W=1 warning:
> 
>  drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c: In function âdwc2_hsotg_epintâ:
>  drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c:2981:6: warning: variable âctrlâ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>  2981 | u32 ctrl;
>  | ^~~~
> 
> Cc: Minas Harutyunyan <hminas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ben Dooks <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c b/drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c
> index 116e6175c7a48..fa07e3fcb8841 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c
> @@ -2975,10 +2975,8 @@ static void dwc2_hsotg_epint(struct dwc2_hsotg *hsotg, unsigned int idx,
>  	u32 epctl_reg = dir_in ? DIEPCTL(idx) : DOEPCTL(idx);
>  	u32 epsiz_reg = dir_in ? DIEPTSIZ(idx) : DOEPTSIZ(idx);
>  	u32 ints;
> -	u32 ctrl;
>  
>  	ints = dwc2_gadget_read_ep_interrupts(hsotg, idx, dir_in);
> -	ctrl = dwc2_readl(hsotg, epctl_reg);

As you know, lots of hardware requires reads to happen to do things, so
are you sure it is safe to remove this read call?

thanks,

greg k-h