Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] gpiolib: cdev: relocate debounce_period_us from struct gpio_desc

[Kent Gibson <warthog618@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 10:06:14PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 5:41 PM Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 12:14:41AM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 05:09:01PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 05:03:03PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 05:58:11PM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > > > > +static void supinfo_init(void)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +       supinfo.tree = RB_ROOT;
> > > > > > +       spin_lock_init(&supinfo.lock);
> > > > > > +}
> > > > >
> > > > > Can it be done statically?
> > > > >
> > > > > supinfo = {
> > > > >   .tree = RB_ROOT,
> > > > >   .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(supinfo.lock),
>
> Double underscore typically means it's private and shouldn't be used.
>

You mean like __assign_bit(), __set_bit(), __clear_bit() and __free() -
all used in gpiolib.c?

> > > >
> > > > I even checked the current tree, we have 32 users of this pattern in drivers/.
> > >
> > > Ah, that is what you meant.  Yeah sure can - the supinfo_init() is
> > > another hangover from when I was trying to create the supinfo per chip,
> > > but now it is a global a static initialiser makes sense.
> >
> > Yep, the DEFINE_MUTEX() / DEFINE_SPINLOCK() / etc looks better naturally
> > than above.
>
> Yeah, so maybe we should use non-struct, global variables after all.
>

Despite the 32 cases cited that already use that pattern?
9 of which use __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED().
Sounds like a pretty convincing argument to use the struct ;-).

But lets keep it as kosher as possible and split out the struct :-(.

Cheers,
Kent.