Re: [PATCH net-next v8 6/9] net: txgbe: Support GPIO to SFP socket

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On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 5:39 AM Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

> > > +   struct gpio_irq_chip *girq;
> > > +   struct wx *wx = txgbe->wx;
> > > +   struct gpio_chip *gc;
> > > +   struct device *dev;
> > > +   int ret;
> >
> > > +   dev = &wx->pdev->dev;
> >
> > This can be united with the defintion above.
> >
> >       struct device *dev = &wx->pdev->dev;
> >
>
> This is a question that I often run into, when I want to keep this order,
> i.e. lines longest to shortest, but the line of the pointer which get later
> is longer. For this example:
>
>         struct wx *wx = txgbe->wx;
>         struct device *dev = &wx->pdev->dev;

So, we locate assignments according to the flow. I do not see an issue here.

> should I split the line, or put the long line abruptly there?

The latter is fine.

...

> > > +   gc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*gc), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +   if (!gc)
> > > +           return -ENOMEM;
> > > +
> > > +   gc->label = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "txgbe_gpio-%x",
> > > +                              (wx->pdev->bus->number << 8) | wx->pdev->devfn);
> > > +   gc->base = -1;
> > > +   gc->ngpio = 6;
> > > +   gc->owner = THIS_MODULE;
> > > +   gc->parent = dev;
> > > +   gc->fwnode = software_node_fwnode(txgbe->nodes.group[SWNODE_GPIO]);
> >
> > Looking at the I²C case, I'm wondering if gpio-regmap can be used for this piece.
>
> I can access this GPIO region directly, do I really need to use regmap?

It's not a matter of access, it's a matter of using an existing
wrapper that will give you already a lot of code done there, i.o.w.
you don't need to reinvent a wheel.


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko




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