On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 03:33:37AM +0000, Xiubo Li-B47053 wrote: > > > > +static void fsl_pwm_free(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device > > > +*pwm) { > > > + struct fsl_pwm_chip *fpc; > > > + struct fsl_pwm_data *pwm_data; > > > + > > > + fpc = to_fsl_chip(chip); > > > + > > > + pwm_data = pwm_get_chip_data(pwm); > > > + if (!pwm_data) > > > + return; > > > > THis check seems unnecessary. > > > > But if do not check it here, I must check it in the following code. > > > > + > > > + if (pwm_data->available != FSL_AVAILABLE) > > > + return; > > > + > > So the ' struct fsl_pwm_data' may be removed in the future. > > > > > > + > > > + > > > + pwm_data->period_cycles = period_cycles; > > > + pwm_data->duty_cycles = duty_cycles; > > > > These fields are set but never read. Please drop them. > > > > If you drop the 'available' field also the you can drop chip_data > > completely. > > > > I think I may move the 'available' field to the PWM driver data struct. You simply don't need the available field. You don't need to track whether they are available. If a user enables a pwm which is not routed out of the SoC (disabled in the iomux) simply nothing will happen except for a slightly increased power consumption. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html