First of all, thanks for your patch. >+static int acpi_ec_transaction(union acpi_ec *ec, u8 command, >+ const u8 *wdata, unsigned wdata_len, >+ u8 *rdata, unsigned rdata_len) I agree the name: transaction sounds better than read/write, and can reduce redundant code from separate read, write function. But, I guess using argument : u8 address will make the patch looks better. >+{ >+ if (acpi_ec_poll_mode) >+ return acpi_ec_poll_transaction(ec, command, >wdata, wdata_len, rdata, rdata_len); >+ else >+ return acpi_ec_intr_transaction(ec, command, >wdata, wdata_len, rdata, rdata_len); >+} >+ It would be better to use a function pointer instead of using if-lese statement which looks not so neat. > static int acpi_ec_read(union acpi_ec *ec, u8 address, u32 * data) > { >- if (acpi_ec_poll_mode) >- return acpi_ec_poll_read(ec, address, data); >- else >- return acpi_ec_intr_read(ec, address, data); >+ int result; >+ u8 d; >+ result = acpi_ec_transaction(ec, >ACPI_EC_COMMAND_READ, &address, 1, &d, 1); >+ *data = d; >+ return result; > } Due to missing argument: address, you have to pass address in argument: wdata. This kind of code style is prone to error. > static int acpi_ec_write(union acpi_ec *ec, u8 address, u8 data) > { >- if (acpi_ec_poll_mode) >- return acpi_ec_poll_write(ec, address, data); >- else >- return acpi_ec_intr_write(ec, address, data); >+ u8 wdata[2] = { address, data }; >+ return acpi_ec_transaction(ec, ACPI_EC_COMMAND_WRITE, >wdata, 2, NULL, 0); > } It would be more clear if there is argument : address. >-static int acpi_ec_poll_read(union acpi_ec *ec, u8 address, >u32 * data) >+ >+static int acpi_ec_poll_transaction(union acpi_ec *ec, u8 command, >+ const u8 *wdata, unsigned >wdata_len, >+ u8 *rdata, unsigned rdata_len) > { > acpi_status status = AE_OK; > int result = 0; > unsigned long flags = 0; > u32 glk = 0; > >- ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("acpi_ec_read"); >+ ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("acpi_ec_poll_transaction"); > >- if (!ec || !data) >+ if (!ec || !wdata || !wdata_len || (rdata_len && !rdata)) > return_VALUE(-EINVAL); why return -EINVAL if wdata_len == 0? Thanks Luming - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html