On 11/01/2019 08:51, Kuninori Morimoto wrote: >>> Indeed there is such case so far, but my understanding is that current >>> driver should select "legacy style" or "modern style". >>> If driver setup it as "legacy", but access to "modern" member, >>> it is driver side bug, right ? >> >> Yes absolutely it is a driver bug, but looking at the snd_soc_dai_link >> structure today it is not clear what the driver should be setting and >> what is 'modern' and what is 'legacy'. You need to dig through the git >> history and code to figure this out. So you could say it is not very >> well documented/commented from a soc-core perspective and could be easy >> for a driver writer to get themselves in a pickle/mess. Anyway, that is >> easy to fix and we could add some comments to clear it up. > > Thank you for your feedback. > Yes, indeed there is no enough information/documentation about > legacy/modern style, and its plan > (= all driver will be switched to modern, legacy will be removed, etc, etc..). > > So, can you agree about these ? > 1) Add enough information/documentation about legacy/modern style and its plan. > 2) Add dirty pointer fixup patch as workaround > 3) switch to modern style as much as possible I think that Mark needs to decided on whether use your 'dirty pointer' fix or not. Jon -- nvpublic _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel