Hi Nikita, On Thu, 2021-02-04 at 17:00 +0300, nikita.shubin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I considered your offer of using array with holes. > > > > It looks pretty ugly to me, couse it leads to bloated arrays: > > > > static unsigned char gpio_int_unmasked[EP93XX_GPIO_CHIP_NUM]; > > static unsigned char gpio_int_enabled[EP93XX_GPIO_CHIP_NUM]; > > static unsigned char gpio_int_type1[EP93XX_GPIO_CHIP_NUM]; > > static unsigned char gpio_int_type2[EP93XX_GPIO_CHIP_NUM]; > > static unsigned char gpio_int_debounce[EP93XX_GPIO_CHIP_NUM]; > > > > /* Port ordering is: A B F */ > > static const u8 int_type1_register_offset[EP93XX_GPIO_CHIP_NUM] = { 0x90, 0xac, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x4c }; > > static const u8 int_type2_register_offset[EP93XX_GPIO_CHIP_NUM] = { 0x94, 0xb0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x50 }; > > static const u8 eoi_register_offset[EP93XX_GPIO_CHIP_NUM] = { 0x98, 0xb4, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x54 }; > > static const u8 int_en_register_offset[EP93XX_GPIO_CHIP_NUM] = { 0x9c, 0xb8, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x58 }; > > static const u8 int_debounce_register_offset[EP93XX_GPIO_CHIP_NUM] = { 0xa8, 0xc4, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x64 }; > > > > Is this really the thing we want ? > > Even in this form it's less error-prone than to have two > index-spaces, and hidden conversion from one numbering scheme > to other. > > Alternatives that I see are: > 1. > https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Designated-Inits.html > > 2. > Embedd the necessary values into struct ep93xx_gpio_bank. > This option can probably simplify the handling of the names > for irq chips as well. > Thank you very much for your comments, and how about a 3rd option ? : > > It also makes easier to add 'struct irqchip' in following patch. > struct ep93xx_gpio_irq_chip { > u8 irq_offset; > u8 int_unmasked; > u8 int_enabled; > u8 int_type1; > u8 int_type2; > u8 int_debounce; > }; > > struct ep93xx_gpio_chip { > struct gpio_chip gc; > struct ep93xx_gpio_irq_chip *eic; > }; > > struct ep93xx_gpio { > void __iomem *base; > struct ep93xx_gpio_chip gc[8]; > }; > > static const u8 int_register_offset[8] = { 0x90, 0xac, [5] = 0x4c }; > #define EP93XX_INT_TYPE1_OFFSET 0x00 > #define EP93XX_INT_TYPE2_OFFSET 0x04 > #define EP93XX_INT_EOI_OFFSET 0x08 > #define EP93XX_INT_EN_OFFSET 0x0c > #define EP93XX_INT_STATUS_OFFSET 0x10 > #define EP93XX_INT_RAW_STATUS_OFFSET 0x14 > #define EP93XX_INT_DEBOUNCE_OFFSET 0x18 Makes sense to me. -- Alexander Sverdlin.