Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] platform/x86: intel_scu_ipc: Fail IPC send if still busy

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 03:22:43PM -0500, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Andy Shevchenko (2023-09-06 13:13:27)
> > On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 11:09:43AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:

...

> > > @@ -450,6 +468,12 @@ int intel_scu_ipc_dev_simple_command(struct intel_scu_ipc_dev *scu, int cmd,
> > >               return -ENODEV;
> > >       }
> >
> > >       scu = ipcdev;
> >
> > Side observation: Isn't this a bug? We should not override the supplied parameter.
> 
> If it is a bug that would be great to know. I wanted to make an API that
> got the scu if it wasn't busy but then I ran across this code that
> replaced the scu with ipcdev.

To me this seems like a bug, because in other similar code we don't do that.
And even reading this one, why do we have a parameter if it's always being
rewritten?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko