Re: [PATCH 4/8] gpio: tqmx86: introduce _tqmx86_gpio_update_bits() helper

[Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2024-05-29 at 14:19 +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> 
> On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 09:45:16AM +0200, Matthias Schiffer wrote:
> > Simplify a lot of code in the driver by introducing helpers for the
> > common RMW pattern. No tqmx86_gpio_update_bits() function with builtin
> > locking is added, as it would become redundant with the following fixes,
> > which further consolidate interrupt configuration register setup.
> > 
> > No functional change intended.
> > 
> > Fixes: b868db94a6a7 ("gpio: tqmx86: Add GPIO from for this IO controller")
> > Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpio/gpio-tqmx86.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> >  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-tqmx86.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-tqmx86.c
> > index 613ab9ef2e744..7a851e1730dd1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-tqmx86.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-tqmx86.c
> > @@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ static void tqmx86_gpio_write(struct tqmx86_gpio_data *gd, unsigned int reg,
> >  	iowrite8(val, gd->io_base + reg);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void _tqmx86_gpio_update_bits(struct tqmx86_gpio_data *gd,
> > +				     unsigned int reg, u8 mask, u8 val)
> 
> Why the _ prefix? This is a local function, it is static, so you don't
> have name space issues. Functions starting with _ are those you should
> not call without a good reason, there is generally a version without
> the _ prefix which is the real function to use. So i would drop the _.

My intention was to mark functions that need to be called while holding the spinlock with a _
prefix. Should I just remove the prefix and add a comment instead?

Matthias


> 
> This is also not a fix. Please read:
> 
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> 
> and stick to the rules described there.
> 
> I don't know how the GPIO tree works, but for netdev, about a week
> after fixes are merged, they appear in net-next. So you can then build
> on top of them for development work.
> 
> 	Andrew

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