Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] i2c: add I2C Address Translator (ATR) support

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On 19/01/2023 10:21, Luca Ceresoli wrote:

<snip>

+void i2c_atr_set_driver_data(struct i2c_atr *atr, void *data)
+{
+	atr->priv = data;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(i2c_atr_set_driver_data, I2C_ATR);
+
+void *i2c_atr_get_driver_data(struct i2c_atr *atr)
+{
+	return atr->priv;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(i2c_atr_get_driver_data, I2C_ATR);

Just to be sure: Is it really _driver_ data and not _device instance_ data?

It is device instance data indeed. I don't remember why this got
changed, but in v3 it was i2c_atr_set_clientdata().

It's me who was and is against calling it clientdata due to possible
confusion with i2c_set/get_clientdata() that is about *driver data*.
I missed that time the fact that this is about device instance data.
I dunno which name would be better in this case, i2c_atr_set/get_client_priv() ?

Not sure I'm following you here. The i2c_atr_set_clientdata() name was
given for similarity with i2c_set_clientdata(). The latter wraps
dev_set_drvdata(), which sets `struct device`->driver_data. There is
one driver_data per each `struct device` instance, not per each driver.
The same goes for i2c_atr_set_driver_data(): there is one priv pointer
per each `struct i2c_atr` instance.

I'm a bit confused. What is "driver data" and what is "device instance data"?

This deals with the driver's private data, where the "driver" is the owner/creator of the i2c-atr. The i2c-atr itself doesn't have a device (it's kind of part of the owner's device), and there's no driver in i2c-atr.c

I don't like "client" here, as it reminds me of i2c_client (especially as we're in i2c context).

What about i2c_atr_set_user_data()? Or "owner_data"?

 Tomi




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