Re: [PATCH 1/5] iio:adc:at91_adc8xx: introduce new atmel adc driver

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On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 05:21:25PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> 
> 
> On 23 December 2015 10:48:33 GMT+00:00, Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 11:27:00AM +0100, Ludovic Desroches wrote:
> >> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 06:34:00PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> >> > On 21/12/15 09:24, Ludovic Desroches wrote:
> >> > > This driver supports the new version of the Atmel ADC device
> >introduced
> >> > > with the SAMA5D2 SoC family.
> >> > > 
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >> > > +static irqreturn_t at91_adc_interrupt(int irq, void *private)
> >> > > +{
> >> > > +	struct iio_dev *indio = private;
> >> > > +	struct at91_adc_state *st = iio_priv(indio);
> >> > > +	u32 status = at91_adc_readl(st, ADC_ISR);
> >> > > +
> >> > > +	status &= at91_adc_readl(st, ADC_IMR);
> >> > > +	if (status & 0xFFF) {
> >> > > +		st->last_value = at91_adc_readl(st, st->chan->address);
> >> > If this is a polled read - is there any reason to read this value
> >here
> >> > rather than outside the interrupt?
> >> 
> >> No it can be done outside the interrupt. I have taken some parts from
> >the
> >> previous driver but it was reading a register used by all the
> >channels
> >> when it has been designed. So yes there is probably no more reason to
> >> read it into the interrupt.
> >> 
> >
> >Thinking about it. Is it really useful to move reading outside the
> >interrupt?
> It avoids needing to know the channel in here, hence simplifying the code a bit.

I am not sure it will simplify the code since the interrupt is cleared
when reading the conversion not the interrupt status register.

> >
> >By the way this is not a polled read.
> I meant that it is an individually requested conversion rather than a free running
>  sampling system where the value read might change before it is read out.
> >
> >> > > +		st->done = true;
> >> > > +		wake_up_interruptible(&st->wq_data_available);
> >> > > +	}
> >> > > +
> >> > > +	return IRQ_HANDLED;
> >> > > +}
> >
> >Ludovic
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